I haven't been on this forum since I was three weeks post-op, not for an acoustic neuroma, but for a (surprise!) facial nerve neuroma. What fun the past year has been! Yes, I have facial paralysis (my surgeons had to sever the nerve and perform a graft), incomplete lid closure, dry eye, balance issues, memory issues - everything. The other day I fell while bending over to pick up a piece of paper - crashed into the treadmill and bruised myself up pretty well. I teach 10th grade art (a tough job if you're in good shape; absolutely bone-numbingly exhausting if you're not) and most of the time simply cannot hear my students; I have partial hearing in the affected side but it is tinny, distorted. My quality of life is decidedly not what it was pre-op, but inasmuch as I am sneaking up on my one-year surgery milestone, and have a decision to make about more surgery to fix my droopy face, I thought I'd see what kinds of procedures have worked for others and what should be avoided like the plague. I don't need any more problems, that's for sure! I had great surgeons, and would recommend them to anyone, however, I don't think I was in any way prepared for the reality of life after facial nerve surgery. I haven't been able to connect with anyone who had the kind of tumor I did; if anyone knows of other facial nerve tumor patients, I'd love to talk with them!