Fortunately acoustic neuromas usually grow very slowly, by millimeters, millimeters per year.

幸运的是，瘤常生长得非常缓慢，每年之增长几毫米。

I'll always be grateful to the doctor who first told me about my neuroma.

我将永远感激第一个告诉我，我有瘤的医生。

Until I wrote this speech, I had only told 10 people about my neuroma.

在我写这篇演讲之前，我只告诉过十个我长了瘤。

When acoustic neuromas grow, they can cause loss of hearing, balance or the ability to control facial muscles.

随着瘤不断变大，它们可能会导致力、平衡或者面部肌肉控制能力的丧失。

Very few people have acoustic neuromas, but everyone, everyone has vulnerabilities, pain and struggles that they conceal from the world.

很少有患有瘤，但每个都有自己不想让别知道的弱点、痛苦和挣扎。

To cope with my acoustic neuroma I need to believe a lot of amazing things.

为了应对我的瘤，我需要相信很多奇的事情。

An acoustic neuroma is a small growth, sort of like the moles that many of us have on our skin.

瘤生长非常缓慢，有点像我们很多皮肤上的痣。

The problem that justified the test turned out to be very minor, but the MRI revealed an unrelated issue called an acoustic neuroma.

结果发现让我去做这次检查的症状并无大碍，但核磁共振显示出来另一个问题，我患了瘤。

And if it starts to grow, I will need to believe that my doctors can zap it with pinpoint radiation that neutralizes the neuroma without hurting me.

如果它开始生长，我需要相信我的医生，可以在不伤害我的情况下，用精确的放射线中和这个瘤。