should I tell

[redday64]

Hi every one thank you for your replies,

I wonder if any of you are like me a nd find id difficult to tell family members when you are unwell.?

[bypass]

Yes, it isn't always easy is it! I suggest that you pick the family member you are most comfortable with talking to about health issues and discuss them with him/her first and see if they will let others in your family about your problems. Once the issues are out in the open they will become easier to discuss. Good luck.

[redday64 in reply to bypass]

Thank you

[drdeanbellavia]

redday64:

If you are talking about an AN, you don't have to tell them, it will become obvious with time. Telling family members about a "brain tumor" is scary for them to hear; we have all gone through it. You need to downplay it and offhandedly speak of it is just a benign tumor that is easily removed (if gamma knife), but that there will be balance and hearing problems.

Dean

[redday64 in reply to drdeanbellavia]

Hi

After writing this Saturday morning and knowing that I had an appointment with the ENT on Monday , Saturday evening I decided to explain a bit more to my husband . Of course he knew I had had a hearing test received an hearing aid and had a Mir scan but I had not really elaborated on the AN, just said I had a small growth in my ear that would be monitored and could be zapped out if it grew . As I could feel myself getting more and more anxious about the second scan due in June, I thought I had better say something . Yes he had noticed that I was very anxious but he knows that I am very scared and nervous of the Mir, he was surprised when I told him the problems that I could get from it . Still haven't told adult children , will see what this June scan shows before I worry them.