I think Rush has an Acoustic Neuroma

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[Reelect President Dubya]

We love you Rush. Don't let this get you down.

[The Other Harry]

Don't quit your day job and start practicing medicine just yet. AN would have been identified in the testing he's been through.

[bluesagewoman]

http://www.tchain.com/otoneurology/disorders/autoimmune/aied.html I think it more likely to be Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease. That would not show up on MRI. BTW, it is not the same as Meniere's Disease. See the above link.

[rface]

I think Rush said that he did not want to get into the details of possible causes, but he did say that there where some things that the Doctors had some suspicions about....

Not that anyone here wants to play a Doctor or anything, but this "Acoustic Neuroma" looks like a prospect to me.

[A CA Guy]

A virus is more likely since we are talking TWO EARS at once.

[A CA Guy]

Yep!

[celtic gal]

I listen to Rush everyday but today I was not able to hear his show except for about 15 minutes.. his voice sounded as if he were fighting a cold. I am stunned to hear about the hearing thing and sympathetic too as I am going through some tests too. I get the fullness in the ear and have low freq. hearing loss in the right ear. So far the docs have not given a reason but I have had the audiogram and a nasal endoscopy and there is no pathology. I have yet to have the MRI... one suggestion is cochlear menieres syndrome. My trouble sort of comes and goes.. feels like I got off an airplane and the ear won't open.. Could Rush have something like that?

I agree that he should give up the cigars. My dad loved his cigars and smoked all the time. He got oral cancer from it.( Not to mention the house smelled awful)

I am sure Rush is getting the best care and I really hope there is a resolution for the problem for him so he can enjoy his favorite music, and also keep his show. No one can fill his shoes or earn that golden EIB mic! I am so sad at this news.

[GWfan]

You can rule out a slow growing tumor if the hearing loss is very rapid.

[celtic gal]

I listen to Rush everyday but today I was not able to hear his show except for about 15 minutes.. his voice sounded as if he were fighting a cold. I am stunned to hear about the hearing thing and sympathetic too as I am going through some tests too. I get the fullness in the ear and have low freq. hearing loss in the right ear. So far the docs have not given a reason but I have had the audiogram and a nasal endoscopy and there is no pathology. I have yet to have the MRI... one suggestion is cochlear menieres syndrome. My trouble sort of comes and goes.. feels like I got off an airplane and the ear won't open.. Could Rush have something like that?

I agree that he should give up the cigars. My dad loved his cigars and smoked all the time. He got oral cancer from it.( Not to mention the house smelled awful)

I am sure Rush is getting the best care and I really hope there is a resolution for the problem for him so he can enjoy his favorite music, and also keep his show. No one can fill his shoes or earn that golden EIB mic! I am so sad at this news.

[lainde]

Acoustic neuroma is easily identified on an MRI...They are almost never bilateral (both ears), and can be surgically removed. If that was his diagnosis, he would have had surgery very quickly.

Regards!

[DainBramage]

While we are getting diagnosed over the internet, I was wondering if you could tell me whats wrong with my truck?

Its making this noise like chinkchock, chinkchock pssssf, etc.

[BabylonXXX]

Maybe his headphone isn't plugged in.

[Kare Bully]

"...growth that arises on the eighth cranial nerve leading from the brain to the inner ear

Acoustic neuromas usually grow slowly over a period of years

The loss of hearing is usually subtle and worsens slowly..."

What makes you think its Acoustic Neuroma? Except for starting in one ear, none of the symptoms seem to match what Rush said he was experiencing.
Rush said the hearing loss was noticable suddenly on May 29th, and there were distinct losses of hearing every five days over the course of the summer (not a subtle and gradual loss). Furthermore, he said they would try a cochlear implant as a last resort, which would seemingly be a pointless maneuvere if the hearing loss was caused by a tumorous growth pressing against a nerve in the inner ear.

Good luck Rush.

[TigerTale]

I am going through some tests too.

I'm sorry you are having hearing problems as well, celtic gal. I hope your difficulties are fully resolved soon.

[AshleyMontagu]

Isn't Rush married to a nice Jewish lady? That might explain the hearing problems.

[Catspaw]

While we are getting diagnosed over the internet, I was wondering if you could tell me whats wrong with my truck?

Its making this noise like chinkchock, chinkchock pssssf, etc.

LOL! Our old van is making this noise: tickety tickety tick....but we know it's the valves. We'll run the SOB until it dies.

BTW, I have diagnosed Osama bin Laden with Marfan's Synrome, long distance. I'm not a doctor--I just play one on TV.

[Gil4]

While we are getting diagnosed over the internet, I was wondering if you could tell me whats wrong with my truck?

It's a Ford.

[rebelskid]

Yes, I can diagnose it !

It's your canootin valve and I can replace it for only $487.93 oh yes and I only take cash......

RebelsKid

[Reelect President Dubya]

I am not trying to pretend to be a doctor. Rush is one of my favorite people and I am just concerned. I hope whatever it is goes away.