Age of AN patients: UPDATE with data and names thru post 126 p 9

[yoga52smh]

Diagnosed in Fall of '04 at age of 52 with a 1.5 cm AN.

[Denisex2boys]

Diagnosed this July at 43 (1.5 cm) - and I agree the hormone theory about accelerated growth - since my first pregnancy was at 35 my second at 37 (I lost that baby) and my third at 39 - - - -

[Dan]

Diagnosed May 07, 46 years old, 1.7cm.

[Jackie]

Diagnosed Feb. 07, 59 1/2, 9x11mm, symptoms for 6 mos. prior.

[Patch]

AGE 38, 1.2 CM, HAD RADIATION JULY 2007. WAITING FOR FOLLUP MRI IN DECEMBER

[Mary 117]

Age 41 yrs -2cm Right side.

[okiesandy]

Age 63 @ dx 1.0 x .7 CM  left side fast growing,total hearing loss on AN side..

[deea]

55yr. female
5cm x 7cm discovered by mri two weeks after 55th birthday.  Tumor was 5mm x 7mm size of sm. pea in Feb.20  07   Surg. [middle fossa] Aug. 17 tumor had grown to size of olive..don't know which kind.  Some times the doc. say's jelly bean.   Don't care, just glad its gone!

Org. post stated AN size at surg. as 5x7cm @ time of operation.  Typo on path. report thank goodness....

[Patch]

THAT WAS ONE FAST GROWING AN. HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD OF A AN INCREASING IN SIZE THAT FAST?

[TT]

Diagnosed at 52  - 2cm - my only symptom was gradual hearing loss.

[Featofclay]

Diagnosed December, 2006, @ age 67.  Decided on surgery since my parents, grandparents and their parents have all lived to late 90's on both my mother's and father's side of the family.  Did not want to worry about it being there the rest of my life...no matter how slow most of them grow.  Looks like I am the oldest so far!!!   

[4cm in Pacific Northwest]

4cm
diagnosed at age 44
HAD good hearing – only some loss of higher frequencies in the left ear- 100% voice recognition
Symptoms: sleep disorder, tinnitus, facial flushing (maybe unrelated) upper back pain
Atypical AN (i.e. no one was sure it was an AN or a meningnoma until after the pathology came in. IE very Weird  looking tumor on the MRI)

"4" seems to be my number this year

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[Clifton]

Diagnosed @ 21 years old with 2 cm.

removed 6 weeks later via trans labrynth.

im still 21, deaf in the right ear, temporary facial paralysis. balance is awesome.

[cheza]

Age 30 3cm diagnosed 2 weeks ago surgery in 3 weeks, some loss of hearing, headaches, clumbsyness, sore tounge, and oh so very forgetful, with lack of concentration.

Cheryl XxX 

[satman]

41 yrs old 8cm removed april/07 -17 1/2 hr surgery
    7-12 nerve jump august/07 -8 hr surgery
and I got all the extra goodies you get from these things.