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*smacks internal Stephan Dedalus upside the head with grandfather's hand-forged cast iron poker with the solid brass handle*
Actually, I drove to Boston today, in the snow and the rain and, as I neared Boston, the heavy fog on Route 2 as I passed the Angel Moroni that adorns thehideously ugly LDS Temple in Belmont, Massachusetts. It was time for my rescheduled appointment at Mass Eye & Ear for my semi-annual acoustic neuroma check up.
Mediocre news: a hearing aid or assistive device will not help with the tinnitus, nor will it improve what hearing is left on the right side.
Mediocre news: the vertigo I had on New Year's was not due to a virus or an infection, but the neuroma reminding me that it was still there, squatting evilly on my balance nerve.
Good news: not only has the neuroma not grown since my diagnosis, it appears to have shrunk slightly. My doctor said that this makes me one of the lucky 45% of AN patients who experience no growth, and one of the even luckier 14% who show some shrinkage.
Even better news: if my next MRI (2011) shows no new tumor growth, I'll be considered clinically stable and can switch from having an MRI once a year to one every two years.
Best news: given the above, I probably will never have to have the neuroma removed.
My doctor was very, very pleased, since no surgery means no diminishment of my quality of life. I'll never get back the hearing that I've lost, but the status quo is just fine :)
Very satisfactory. :)
Actually, I drove to Boston today, in the snow and the rain and, as I neared Boston, the heavy fog on Route 2 as I passed the Angel Moroni that adorns the
Mediocre news: a hearing aid or assistive device will not help with the tinnitus, nor will it improve what hearing is left on the right side.
Mediocre news: the vertigo I had on New Year's was not due to a virus or an infection, but the neuroma reminding me that it was still there, squatting evilly on my balance nerve.
Good news: not only has the neuroma not grown since my diagnosis, it appears to have shrunk slightly. My doctor said that this makes me one of the lucky 45% of AN patients who experience no growth, and one of the even luckier 14% who show some shrinkage.
Even better news: if my next MRI (2011) shows no new tumor growth, I'll be considered clinically stable and can switch from having an MRI once a year to one every two years.
Best news: given the above, I probably will never have to have the neuroma removed.
My doctor was very, very pleased, since no surgery means no diminishment of my quality of life. I'll never get back the hearing that I've lost, but the status quo is just fine :)
Very satisfactory. :)
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Congrats on the move, BTW, and the new job!
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Date: 2010-02-25 01:49 pm (UTC)From:So, did they try to sell you a hearing aid anyway? That's what they did to me. "Your hearing is testing to be near perfect, so we don't know why you have trouble hearing people and the hearing aid probably won't help, but we'll sell you one for $1000+ anyway."
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