Neurosurgery. Brain surgery, to be exact. Not exactly the words most people want to hear. The idea of having a “C-incision” all the way around the ear and a quarter sized hole drilled in the skull does not sound particularly appealing for most. It is to me. On July 1, I was blessed to hear that I was a candidate for a surgical procedure called Retromastoid Craniectomy for Microvascular Decompression. Why am I blessed? Let me take you on the journey.