Benign Brain Tumor — # 1

Acoustic Neuroma #1

Symptoms and Diagnosis

In January 1994, I realized that my right ear couldn’t hear my alarm clock in the morning. Odd. I must have an ear infection of some sort. It didn’t hurt though so I didn’t go straight to the doctor. Then a few nights later, I was trying to sleep and suddenly my right ear started ringing very loudly. It scared me.

We were living in Amman, Jordan, and teaching at an international school at the time. I asked the nurse at school the next day to recommend a doctor to see. She did, and I went to…