Hi,
4 years ago I had radiation treatments for an AN measured at a little over 2 cm. Recently they have found slight growth. My Dr. in Houston, associated with Baylor, has recommended watching it, doing MRI's every 6 mos... A Dr. friend of mine sent my information off to a very well known AN specialist/surgeon... who has said, we should do surgery. It is now 2.5 cm.
He says he would favor a translabyrinthine approach.
Ok, my questions are:
1. How long is the recovery from this surgery? (Generally speaking of course)
2. What does "recovery" mean? For example, though I'm 46 years old I work out several times a week and am regularly involved in sports. How long, BEST CASE SCENARIO, would I be unable to do that?
3. How long a surgery is this? And how long is the usual hospital stay?
I know that I will ask the doctor all of these questions but I'm anxious to begin thinking through this, and was wondering if someone could give me some info so I could start thinking about it?