Good luck on your surgery.  Wishing you all the best possible outcomes.  I'm sure you probably read my other posts about my surgery, it's the first two days that are the toughest so don't get discouraged by how you feel on those days.  Once you get though them things start looking a lot better.  My neurosurgeon even said that ahead of time.  He said everyone turns a corner starting about the 3rd day and that's when your recovery really starts.  You will be better off without the tumor.  The best part for me so far 7 weeks out from surgery is is that I get to see improvements now in my health both physically and mentally instead of constantly waiting for the next symptom to pop up.   I have been told that I am different now, happier, and I see it too.  I hope that you have a positive experience from it too. 

ANA Patient Education Event
Hosted by Northwestern Medicine
Saturday, September 20, 2025
8:00 am - 4:00 pm CT

Location:
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Conference Room L, 3rd Floor
Prentice Women’s Hospital
250 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611

Please join the Acoustic Neuroma Association and the team from Northwestern Medicine for a day of patient education, networking, and support. This in-person event will include presentations from distinguished medical professionals working with acoustic neuroma patients, as well as time for Q&A and networking.

Scheduled Topics Include:
Treatment Options
Mock Tumor Board
Facial Physical Therapy
Quality of Life - Balance, Dizziness, Headaches
Ocular Recovery
Hearing Restoration Options
and more!

More information at https://www.anausa.org/programs/patient-event-northwestern
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Questions? Contact stephanierommer@anausa.org

Hope to see you there,

The ANA Team

Mark,  Thank you for this positive update and tone.

Angela330, I am also SSD on left side and no hearing loss on the right. I am thinking of getting CROS or similar product. Can you please describe the improvements when you are wearing it? Do you see any negatives with that product?

Quick update.   Tomorrow makes 7 weeks since surgery.  I continue to improve daily and my doctors even seem surprised at how quickly I was able to bounce back, I would say my balance is just as good now as it was before surgery, and it is still improving.  My double vision is fading.  It's not there all the time now only sometimes, and it is getting noticably better each week.   I wish my taste buds would get back to normal, I am getting tired of things that I know I really like having a strange flavor or no flavor at all.  I know that will resolve  itself too, I'm just getting a little impatient with it.   It is hard to believe that I am now doing nearly everything that I did at work before surgery almost like nothing happened.  I only get unbalanced if I turn my head too fast.  The post surgery fatigue has also pretty much disappeared.  When I first went back to work I only did 4-5 hours a day and I got pretty tired.  I am now full time and do not feel any more tired than normal. 
I still can't hear out of my left ear at all even though the surgeon said they saved the nerve, he says I could still get some of the hearing back once all the swelling is gone, which could take some time.


I update this because when I first started looking on here it was really scary, it seems that nearly all the comments were of things that didn't go right.  I suppose that most people don't come back to post if everything went well, and I just want people out there to get a little hope that yes there are positive stories.  Life may be different now because of the acoustic neuroma, but in the grand scheme of things, I feel very lucky to have had such a quick recovery, and such a positive result.  So I hope I gave someone a little hope and a little relief from the anxiety.  I appreciate all the support I had, and I plan to keep an eye on this site and provide any information or support I can for others.