Hi all, well hubby had his Gamma Knife yesterday and I can't say enough good things about it. It was a piece of cake from start to finish, the doctors, nurses and staff at the Gamma Knife Center of Portland were fantastic. We were only in the place about 3 hours from start to finish, hubby declined the relaxing medication, he said he didn't want to feel drunk all day and wasn't anxious about the treatment, he just wanted it over with, LOL...Since they didn't have to wait for the meds to take affect we were only in there about 1/2 hour when Dr. McMenomy came iin to fit the frame. He didn't ask me to leave but when he started opening syringes I decided it was about time to scurry away, while not squeamish I really didn't want to watch so I went back to the waiting room until he was done with everything and hubby had been for his MRI. His actual time in the Gamma Knife machine was an hour and Dr. Bader had said that his tumor was a good size for the planning, which didn't take them long to do. Hubby is doing fine today and aside from a slight headache and two little spots on his forehead(our daughter has zits bigger) you wouldn't know anything had happened. There were two other patients of Dr. McMenomy's getting treatment yesterday also, both Acoustic Neuroma patients, must have been AN day at the Gamme Knife Center, LOL...Since everything went so smoothly I HIGHLY recommend this avenue of treatment to anyone out there who still may have concerns. Hubby feels exactly the same way, he had some dental surgery a few months ago and said that was harder by far. Again, thanks everyone for your help and support, I guess hubby can be called a Postie now
