Dizziness After Surgery

[wwoodward49]

Dizziness After Surgery

I had a craniotomy suboccipital surgery performed on June 12th to remove an acoustic neuroma. When I got out of surgery, which lasted 10 hours I felt great.

I was a little unsteady on my feet and of course, my head was sore and I had pains on the side of the neuroma. I was released from the hospital 3 days later, but after being home for a while I started to get very dizzy again and the dizziness continues to be quite bad. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced the same dizziness. I also went through about three days of really bad headaches which seemed to originate in my neck on the side of the tumor.

Before the surgery I was dizzy, and balance was off but nowhere near as much as I am now.

Thank you for any help.

[Sarah_TBTC Partner]

Hi Wwoodward49,

I can understand your concern about the dizziness you describe, dizziness is a common side effect of surgery but if you have any concerns we'd always advise you to get in touch with your medical team just to be on the safe side. We do have some information about some of the common side effects you might experience after surgery that might be helpful. thebraintumourcharity.org/b...