Hi Kim,
Congratulations on having the date set and that you feel comfortable with your team of doctors! I think it is very important to feel calm when you have decided which approach to have and also what team you allow to get near your head
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I'm also getting calmer when I read what you're writing. We both have chosen the retrosigmoid approach to, hopefully, preserve the hearing. I also know that you have been worried about not getting the whole AN away with that approach. That's exactly how my thoughts have been spinning around in my head the last couple of weeks, since my doctors suggested the retorsigmoid instead of translab, which I've prepared myself for.
Anyway, right now I'm on my way to kill the balance nerve. I saw my doctor last Tuesday and got two injections through the ear drum and I'm doing a lot of balance exercises right now to try to avoid dizziness. Hopefully, the balance nerve on the good side takes over the control and handles the balance all by itself soon.
It makes me so happy to hear that there shouldn't be any problems to get the whole AN out of the IAC with the retrosigmoid. I've worried a lot about that too. It's interesting to hear that the doctors can put an electric current through any rest of the AN to avoid regrowth. I've never heard of that! Did the doctors tell you when they put the electric current through the AN? Is that goingt to happen when the head is "open" or is it like some kind of radiation?
Good luck on your decision and have a nice weekend!
Best wishes,
Helene