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Anyone else diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, a benign brain tumor?
My name is Tracy Daley. I live in Omaha, Nebraska. My diagnosis is a jumbled mess that I am sorting out right now. Can anyone tell me if anyone in this support group has been diagnosed and/or treated for acoustic neuroma, a benign tumor affecting the acoustic nerve, which is the eighth cranial nerve in your brain? This nerve is connected to your ear. These tumors initially affect a person's balance and hearing and then other symptoms may appear. This is a very rare tumor and one out of 100,000 people and 8-9% of the intracranial tumors. If no one has heard of this tumor, I understand.
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Oh, how very nice for you, @rose4622. It sounds like a delightful day! I'm so pleased that you got out and had a post-surgery milestone of driving 7 miles. How nice for you to be able to get out with your husband. I'm sure the colors were just beautiful.
Is you sinus infection clearing up?
Teresa, my husband took me out yesterday and let me drive as long as I could. I drove 7 miles. That is a big milestone for me. He then took over and drove us to the mountains where we enjoyed the fall colors. Such a beautiful day!
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2 ReactionsYou are probably right about the sinus infection affecting your eye, @rose4622. I hope your appointment on Thursday goes well.
Take care of that infection and be well. I'll pray for your upcoming appointment and I look forward to hearing from you again.
Got results of my MRI post surgery. Looks like they left a lot of my tumor there. Will see Surgeon this coming Thursday. He will explain it to me. It also revealed that I have an infection in my sinus cavity. May have to go to urgent care for an antibiotic today. That is probably behind my eye problem too. UGH! Using my netti pot with little results.
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1 ReactionThanks Teresa!
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1 ReactionWe all feel discouraged at times, @rose4622! You have been through a difficult surgery and time of recovery. I'm glad that you are feeling better today. Six weeks post-surgery is not all that long and it certainly takes longer to recover the older we are. I hope you have good appointments on Nov. 1st!
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Feeling better this morning. Sorry for the discouraging comment last night. Today I am 6 weeks post surgery and I had hoped to be better than I am by now. I just need to be more patient with my body. It is so much better but still have major balance problems and some head pain. One day at a time. Someday I'll look back at this and say wow look what I survived at age 66! ☺
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1 ReactionI'm hoping the eye is better be for the trip to Phoenix. I have been looking forward to bedtime the last few hours and its here. Just put the salve in my eye and put a new patch on. Soon I can take my pain meds and hopefully sleep. I've been getting around 5 hours a night most nights. So tired of all of this!
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1 ReactionOh, I'm sure it was frightening, @rose4622. Covering one eye would put you off balance to some extent. Please be careful until you get to see the doctor on November 1. I'm hoping that he will have some answers for you. Take care!