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.
