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    My Experience with Gamma Knife

    I am doing well. All of the side effects eventually went away. It did take a while. The one that lasted the longest was the face/eye twitching. My hearing even improved since then... I still have some hearing loss though. The tinnitus is quieter and I'm able to totally tune it out. Even when...
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    My Experience with Gamma Knife

    In July my hearing deteriorated... and it happened fast. The tinnitus is now worse and I have other weird stuff happening. Food tastes different, my tongue has a numb feeling to... yet it's not numb. I get a disoriented feeling quite often. Recently I've also been having very mild twitches in my...
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    Tinnitus from Acoustic Neuroma

    Update: It's been a little over 3 months. I am barely able to hear out of the ear. I have these moments of feeling weird and disoriented. Food doesn't taste the same and my tongue had s strange numbing sensation....but it's not actually numb. I've also had slight twitching in my face. And the...
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    My Experience with Gamma Knife

    While I had the inflammation, I couldn't hear out of that ear. After taking the steroids, I feel like it's back to where it was pre-surgery. I had a follow up MRI due to the complications and everything looks good. Now I just wait for my acoustic neuroma to shrink!
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    My Experience with Gamma Knife

    I had gamma knife on April 23. The doctor told me that I could resume normal activities the next day. Well, I didn't do well with it. I was off balance, had double vision, EXTREME fatigue... like I had to sleep every 20 minutes. Then the vomiting started. I ended up in the ER because it was so...
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    Tinnitus from Acoustic Neuroma

    Hi Mel82. My AN is 8mm. I had gamma knife on April 23. The doctor told me that I could resume norm activities the next day. Well, I didnt do well with it. I was off balance, had double vision, EXTREME fatigue....like i had to sleep every 20 mins. Then the vomiting started. I ended up in the ER...
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    Tinnitus from Acoustic Neuroma

    I've had tinnitus for about a month now. I woke up one day and could hardly hear out of my right ear. It felt completely clogged and it was ringing....loudly. I was put on a round of prednisone and everything calmed down a bit. I have lost some hearing but not alot at this point. The...
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    Gamma Knife Surgery — 20 November 2017

    How did your surgery go?