What a blessing you are! I felt very lousy today, and thanks for boosting me up. I had done some of my own research on neurosurgeons and it so happens that I came upon the Barrows Institute. I hope I'm not putting you on the spot, but are you willing to share which doctor there performed your operation? I have the names of several from the institute that I wrote down, but it's always helpful to hear from someone who has gone through it with a particular doctor. I forgot to mention that I found out about my cyst from a brain MRI due to having tinnitus in both ears which really escalated about 3 years ago. With some medications and therapy, my tinnitus came down and fluctuates although it remains constant every day. One neurosurgeon here in NY said the cyst could possibly be the cause of the tinnitus. My cyst is a 2 cm arachnoid cyst in the left cerebellopontine and cerebellomedullary angles. In layman's terms from what has been explained to me it is not in my brain but pressing on the nerves (7th, 8th, and 9th cranial nerves) of the brain. I am hoping that there is another person out there that will post a blog or respond to you that has my type of cyst and the tinnitus. I'm still trying to put all the pieces of this puzzle together so that I can decide what to do. Fortunately, I still have a choice, which I know you did not. How large was your cyst? I get MRI's about once a year to monitor the size and location and any other changes. Once again, I look forward to hearing from you or anyone else out there with my type of cyst and the tinnitus.
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Dear Maria,
What a blessing you are! I felt very lousy today, and thanks for boosting me up. I had done some of my own research on neurosurgeons and it so happens that I came upon the Barrows Institute. I hope I'm not putting you on the spot, but are you willing to share which doctor there performed your operation? I have the names of several from the institute that I wrote down, but it's always helpful to hear from someone who has gone through it with a particular doctor. I forgot to mention that I found out about my cyst from a brain MRI due to having tinnitus in both ears which really escalated about 3 years ago. With some medications and therapy, my tinnitus came down and fluctuates although it remains constant every day. One neurosurgeon here in NY said the cyst could possibly be the cause of the tinnitus. My cyst is a 2 cm arachnoid cyst in the left cerebellopontine and cerebellomedullary angles. In layman's terms from what has been explained to me it is not in my brain but pressing on the nerves (7th, 8th, and 9th cranial nerves) of the brain. I am hoping that there is another person out there that will post a blog or respond to you that has my type of cyst and the tinnitus. I'm still trying to put all the pieces of this puzzle together so that I can decide what to do. Fortunately, I still have a choice, which I know you did not. How large was your cyst? I get MRI's about once a year to monitor the size and location and any other changes. Once again, I look forward to hearing from you or anyone else out there with my type of cyst and the tinnitus.
God bless you,
Debbie
March 15, 2010 - 6:50pmThis Comment
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