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Anyone else diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, a benign brain tumor?
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My husband had radiation the gamma knife surgery worked for him. It has been 10 years and it is actually starting to shrink. It was worth a try rather than the surgery. He went to a balance center and learned how to stop some of the balance issues. There are exercises he does and they help with that. We were happy not to go thru the surgery. We had a great doctor. It is something he will live with the rest of his life. Would do,the gamma surgery rather than open his head.
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I agree totally. My tumor is in cerebello pontine angle along foramen jugulare with partial growth in sinus sigmoideus. Not possible to get it all out without loosing quality of life. My Drs gave me an option to have it embolized to shrink and stop growth & stabilize . That was 5 years ago it worked shrunk 20% and stabile last 5 years no new growth dr thinks it died due no blood. Praying he is right. I also so grateful not to have had cranial surgery. My quality of life is fairly good, deaf in right ear and earlier balance issues which got better with time but I have learned to live with this and my yearly mri. Every good mri is a blessing and another good year to enjoy my life.