I couldn't be happier with my experience at John's Hopkins in Baltimore. But I didn't do the radiation. I had the surgery six months ago on May 13th. My neurosurgeon was Dr. Xu. And he was assisted by Dr. Chen. Honestly I was always wanting the surgery instead of the radiation and never once felt like anyone there tried to change my mind and go a different route. Now I had a second opinion appointment early on in my journey at Hershey Medical center, and the entire time all they did was push for me to do the radiation. I am located about halfway between these two well known and reputable places and it was the fact that Hopkins listened to me instead of trying to push me in a different direction that made my decision to go with Hopkins easier. For background information, I am 56, and have always been active and in good health, which I think contributed greatly to a very short recovery time. Just this past Thursday I participated in our local Turkey Trot 5k and had my fastest time since 2018, and that was just 6 months after major surgery. I can honestly say I feel better than I have in years.
