I had a consult with Dr. Arthur L. Day today to go over my MRI and audiogram regarding my L. AN 10mm x 6mm x 6mm. He was wonderful! He spent an hour with me and my husband explaining everything. Going over "watch and wait' vs. "treat it". One thing he advised for me was to wait ONE year instead of 6 months for another MRI of the brain unless I have more symptoms. Right now, I have very mild balance, mild dizziness, some hearing loss after 4000Hz (high frequency), some problems with consonants. When my L. AN was diagnosed by another neurosurgeon (3/19/2012), for an unrelated problem, I thought my hearing issues were on my R. side.
Dr. Day said because I am having issues equally on both sides with my hearing, he would recommend treating sooner than later because he was sure over time my hearing would get worse.
In order to preserve the hearing of the NON affected ear. Also, he would recommend radiation therapy. There is more documentation on GK, he said, but CK was good too. He compared them to a Mercedes vs. a Jaguar. I ask him to check out FSR for me and let me know if his facility does it. He said he would. He did say FSR was more gentle on the tissue but why go thru so many treatments if you don't have to. He recommends one or five.....I don't remember now.
Another thing he said, if you are going to "worry, worry, worry and can't get on with your life"....then by all means "treat it" and get it over with!!!
My plan is to get an MRI in one year unless I have an increase of symptoms!
