Hi Theresa, I read your posting about your upcoming surgery. How are you doing knowing that the decision is made and that it's pending? I don't remember what...
Hi, Good Luck with your surgery. I had a posterior fossa (cerebral fontane angle) "m". It was 1.5 cm. X 2 cm. and it was on the right side. I had it...
If any of you out there have had surgery--did ... I didn't give blood either. It was never mentioned and I didn't think of it. I had other things on my mind....
OMG I am very nervous and yet am feeling s of relief to have this foreign object away from my brain. I am hoping it takes care of my pain. TY so much Theresa ...
My daughter is having surgery the 17th. She has a frontal-parietal M. Anyone out there with the same. Wondering about things...length of surgery, scar..,Is...
Hi Damaris, My M was ( It feels good to write ³was²) on the left frontal forward part of my brain. As far length of surgery I was out about 3 hours. Start to...
Hi! Can I call you "Tumorhead"? When I told a friend about my tumor, she started referring to it as my "other brain". I definitely like your moniker much ...
Hi! Yes, the 21st isn't far away! When Robin had her surgery, she was having a lot of immediate problems and there wasn't time to even think about banking her...
Hi Damaris, I'm sorry to hear that your daughter has a meningioma at such a young age. Though most of these things show up when people are older, they can...
My sister is 39 years old and just found out her meningioma has grown back. her tumor is around her optic nerve. This time her meningioma is causing her bone...
Hi, My wife, Robin, had one of her meningiomas wrapped around her right optic nerve. Her neurosurgeon was able to remove it and we hoped that since the...
Hello-- I am seriously considering gamma knife as an option to halt growth of my M since I am a very poor risk for traditional surgery. I am in the process of ...
It is great to hear from you. We jus got back from a whole days of appointments for her pre-op work out. I'm glad everything went so well for you and it is...
In a message dated 02/06/2003 1:20:35 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... Hi Barbara, Sorry to hear you have an M. I, too, am at great risk for traditional surgery,...
Alan, Do you know of any site that has data comparing the success rates and safety of Gamma Knife with Linac Scalpel? Both are available in our area, so I am ...
Hi Barbara, I don't know of any direct comparisons between the two from truely unbiased sources. The problem with most web sites is that they are sponsored by...
Hi Barbara I had Linac on 10/16/01, my MRI result of 09/13/01 showed a smaller tumor. I did a search for you on Pubmed this morning to see if I could find any...
thanks, Karen. I had been on the irsa site but had somehow missed the discussion forums. Elsewhere on irsa I found this comment: "Since the linear accelerator...
Thanks, Alan. One of the hospitals I am considering offers both Linac and Gamma Knife, though in talking to them they certainly put GK more forward as the...
Well, I may have answered my own question. According to what I've found, Linac has a radiation beam accuracy of .2 +/-.1 mm--at least the one at UF Shands...
Hi Barbara, I believe the IRSA site promotes the Gamma Knifes but there are the discussion forums good and bad in there. I chose the Linac over the gamma...
Very interesting. I didn't realize the difference in the amount of beams....obviously I still have a lot to learn. For the first year after finding the tumor,...
Hi Barbara, What can be confusing is that there are several different Linac machines. Linac is just the basic accelerator. Linac Scalpel is a different...
Hi Barbara, What kind of Linac machine does the hospital have? Is it Linac Scalpel? I have a little trouble with the IRSA web site. Although it appears to...
Hi Alan and Barbara, I am still out here looking for a comparison. Yes the IRSA is a Gamma site but the comments from those treated are what you will find...
Ah, ha. Now this is very helpful info. I did not know that Linac and Linac Scalpel are different animals. It may be that only Linac is available in my area and...
Hi Karen and Kim, When you had Linac Scalpel and Gamma Knife, did they require you to be NPO--no food or water the night before or during the procedure? ...
Hi Barbara, yes I was NPO (no food or water) prior to my Linac scalpel procedure. Did you ever consider the FSR? I have located some links and posting them ...
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