My Acoustic Nemesis: Life Before, During And After An Acoustic Neuroma

By the time I was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, it was the size of a walnut. Within the space of a few weeks, I was booked in for a big operation and facing some major lifestyle changes - deafness, facial paralysis and loss of balance. At the time, information about an Acoustic Neuroma (also known as Vestibular Schwannoma), what they are and what to expect in the weeks following the removal were few and far between. I wrote a day-by-day diary in the immediate weeks following the operation and as time went on updated this account through the years, including the experience of having a BAHA implant. If you have been diagnosed with having an acoustic neuroma this book offers a unique first-hand account of the days, weeks, months ... and years post-operation and what to expect as part of the recovery process.