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WALEED KHALID

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Do I have hope after 6 and a half months?
« on: June 18, 2025, 04:07:15 am »
‏Hello.. I had an auditory nerve tumor operation with a size  5 cm of 6 and a half months, and until now my left face does not move, although before the operation, my face was normal, and now when I try to move, I feel like something is under my skin, as well as the most famous sometimes I tingling, and I also feel electrotherapy when it is put on my face, are there people who have passed like me for this period and did not feel the movement, and does the movement begin to return gradually in the future? Do I have hope after 6 and a half months?

Lizmelendez

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Re: Do I have hope after 6 and a half months?
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2025, 06:37:16 pm »
Did you ever get any movement? I’m at 6.5 months and not better tone but no movement.

Jill Marie

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Re: Do I have hope after 6 and a half months?
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2025, 03:06:53 pm »
Hello,  I don't know enough about your surgery/treatments to tell how much your nerves were damaged so I don't know if this is of help or not.  I had my surgery in 1992 and the my facial nerve was severed because that was where my tumor was. They told me it would take 6 months for the nerve to regenerate before I would see any movement, they were correct.  If your nerve was damaged but not severed I assume it wouldn't take so long for you to notice movement.  Good luck to both of you!  Jill Marie
Facial Nerve Neuroma removed 6/15/92 by Dr. Charles Mangham, Seattle Ear Clinic. Deaf/left ear, left eye doesn't water.

WALEED KHALID

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Re: Do I have hope after 6 and a half months?
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2025, 06:40:35 am »
Did you ever get any movement? I’m at 6.5 months and not better tone but no movement.
I have now completed 10 months and I have begun to be able to tighten the corner of the mouth and smile 2 or 3 mm, but it is very off, as well as the eyelashes below, they seem to move 2 mm, although the upper eyelashes are shaking, I hope we have a lot of developments, doing exercises and massage do not lose hope

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Re: Do I have hope after 6 and a half months?
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2025, 06:41:27 am »
Hello,  I don't know enough about your surgery/treatments to tell how much your nerves were damaged so I don't know if this is of help or not.  I had my surgery in 1992 and the my facial nerve was severed because that was where my tumor was. They told me it would take 6 months for the nerve to regenerate before I would see any movement, they were correct.  If your nerve was damaged but not severed I assume it wouldn't take so long for you to notice movement.  Good luck to both of you!  Jill Marie
The nerve was not cut, but it was affected during the surgery, although before the operation, my facial expressions were working normally, and now I have completed 10 months of the operation and I have not received any treatment only in the first week of the operation, and sometimes I take vitamin B12 and I began to be able to tighten the angle of the mouth and smile 2 or 3 millimeters, but a very small movement, as well as the eyelashes at the bottom, it seems to move 2 millimeters, although the upper eyelashes vibrate with healthy eyelashes, and the tears returned excellently as well as my lower lip became normal, my question to you, is, does my smile develop and close my eyes in the coming months