David,
I'm very sorry to her about your troubles, but I hope you will try to keep us updated in this thread. There are probably a few things we can learn from your experiences. Hopefully, the doctors will find a way to get you back up to speed.
To all,
I find deterriorating balance and hearing issues once the AN has been removed and some recovery has taken place to be a bit perplexing. I wonder if sometimes these things are unrelated to AN surgery, but because of our experience, we simply assume they are AN related.
For example.
I have a 50 year old friend that is experiencing some significant hearing loss right now. She was testing so much like she had an AN, they sent her for an MRI to check for that. Fortunately for her, the MRI was clear, but that doesn't explain the hearing loss.
Suppose that was one of us, the assumption would immediately be that he it HAD TO BE "AN" RELATED even though it's not.
Recently I was showing my mother some of the balance exercises I do for therapy. She was worse at a few of them I am. She's in good shape and gets around great even though she's in her 70s!
Another friend of mine recently had a bout with vertigo and was in bed for quite awhile.
You have to ask yourself the same questions.
Why?
Suppose that was one of us, wouldn't we just naturally assume it was the AN surgery, treatment etc....
I'm not trying to minimze anyone's troubles. I hope it doesn't come out that way. I'm just trying to point out that if 100 people have AN surgery, there's probably going to 1 or 2 that are going to lose more hearing, have vertigo or balance issues etc...that have absolutely nothing to do with prior AN surgery or treatment. So the risks may not be as high as they seem and it may also be possible to treat these things better than if it was AN surgery related.
Hopefully, that's the case with David's balance.