It's been over a week since I had gamma knife on 2 brain mets (2.5cm and one was .7mm). I never had any symptoms.
I know gamma knife is quite successful, but I'm scared that the radiation isn't going to stop this from growing. I think I have at least an 80% chance of this stableizing or shrinking and just want to know what other people know. My radiologist said the small one would probably vanish, but the larger one would probably shrink and turn into a dead mass, but not necessarily disappear.
It's been over a week since I had gamma knife on 2 brain mets (2.5cm and one was .7mm). I never had any symptoms.
I know gamma knife is quite successful, but I'm scared that the radiation isn't going to stop this from growing. I think I have at least an 80% chance of this stableizing or shrinking and just want to know what other people know. My radiologist said the small one would probably vanish, but the larger one would probably shrink and turn into a dead mass, but not necessarily disappear.
Since my scans arn't until January, it makes me scared waiting that long – especially if it's growing. However, the radiologist said there's a downside to imaging and that it's too soon to see what's happening.
From reading other people's stories about gamma knife, the majority of people's either disappeared, shrunk or was stable, I havn't read anybody's story of the gamma knife not working, so that has to be a good thing.
Lisa
