@vernicek mine was quite the journey. The first neurosurgeon I went to said he’d have to do a craniotomy and lift my brain to see how the tumor presents. He stated he still probably couldn’t get it all. He gave me some pretty high percentages for stroke and death so I left pretty nervous. I then went to UPMC in Pittsburgh and Mayo Clinic in Rochester. They both made me feel much more comfortable and stated they would do it through the end of a nasal and scopic approach. The risks are much more minimal and they were confident they could get a great majority of the tumor. Mine was wrapped around my optic nerve on the right and up against the one on the left as well as partially wrapped around my carotid arteries. I ended up going to UPMC because the surgeon had done 2500 of those procedures last year and only did skull base tumors in this area of the brain. It’s important you see someone that does this type of procedure at least 100 times a year because there’s research showing if they do it more than 100 times per year the risks of surgery drop significantly he was able to get 95% of my tumor but did not get all of it off the internal carotid artery because did not want to risk bleeding to death or stroke.