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Radiosurgery Patients (Gamma Knife/other) Discussions (13)
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 Gamma Knife - 11 May 2012Hi Everyone, I had gamma knife surgery at the Mayo Clinic in MN by Dr. Pollock. Everything went pretty good. He said that when they did the… Started by JimmyB |
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yesterday Reply by Zilly74 |
Headaches 1year and 2months after gamma knife surgeryHi my names Brett, I recently have had headaches starting 6 days ago, Undergoing Gamma Knife surgery back in March of 2011, i had them befo… Started by BrettAlan17 |
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on Tuesday Reply by Zilly74 |
 bleed after GK?Hey everyone, I had Gamma Knife just over a year and MRI's show significant shrinkage! (Praise the Lord!) I was just wondering how many of… Started by Emily K |
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 Brain LabI was so grateful to find this group! Has anyone on here ever heard of Brain Lab? I see that lots of people have had Gamma Knife. Thanks! Started by Kim |
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Apr 25 Reply by Greg K |
Gamma Knife Head Piece Pain?First of all, I have to alpologize for all of the questions I have on this forum. Thank you everyone for answering my questions; you are al… Started by Jami |
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Apr 11 Reply by Dominic T Marr |
DexamethasoneHey all, I am almost 10.5 months post GK and I started dexamethasone on Thursday and I have still no relief- if not worse, but i do have mi… Started by Emily K |
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Apr 3 Reply by Brett D |
 Radiosurgery side effectsHi there, I have created this topic on the general discussion board, but I think people in this group may have more experience regarding ra… Started by liepa3 |
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Apr 2 Reply by Gwen |
Can't shake this headache!!!I've had this 'on and off' headache for 3 days now. it goes all over my head, it will go from the left to right side, front to back, shooti… Started by Emily K |
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Jan 28 Reply by marcylynn |
 Spinal tap/ Lumbar Puncture headache?Hi Everyone! I had Gamma Knife 7 months ago for my unruptured AVM treatment. Last week, I experienced the worst headache ever, so I went to… Started by Carrie A. Neff |
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Jan 7 Reply by Gavin |
 Check-up after Gamma KnifeHello, I was reccomended to join that group, because you might help me finding an answer to my question... I had my Gamma Knife treatment… Started by Esra |
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Nov 22, 2011 Reply by Esra |
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Posted by Celina on May 31, 2012 at 8:59pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
it went good he wants to do a big test on me he has to open the top of my leg then put a tiny cam up my leg into my head i will be put to sleep for it he wants to look at it.
Starting to understand everything...
Posted by Hannahpoppe on May 30, 2012 at 12:45am 1 Comment 0 Likes
Hi everyone!
I'm a new member here...
I got diagnosed with AVM this fall. After having really bad headaches for a long time, I decided to visit the doctor. She made the descision to send me on an x-ray and then they saw a 2cm AVM om…
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Of Seizures
Posted by Jaime G. on May 29, 2012 at 7:32am 0 Comments 0 Likes
I'm being treated for Temporal seizures; simple and complex, aware and absence. The 1st one(went undiagnosed)happened almost 5mos post embolization/craniotomy. In Novemember simple happened 1 or so bi-weekly. This Jan I went inpt for longterm…
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Posted by Armando A. on May 28, 2012 at 8:02pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
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Posted by josh54 on May 28, 2012 at 12:20pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
My AVM was near my right lateral ventricle. It ruptured (very painful) and I had a crainiatomy. After the surgery there were difficulties and I was in a ten day coma. When I awoke the AVM was removed successfully but as a result I have numbness,…
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feelin a bit frustrated but hopeful
Posted by Patrice on May 28, 2012 at 5:13am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Counting Down The Days...
Posted by Sam on May 27, 2012 at 3:30pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
I'm counting down the days!!! At the end of June 2012 i have to go to the hospital for another Angio.
Hope to hear good news, that the Embolization and 2 Gamma Knife treatments where succesfull and that after 7 years of fighting the AVM is…
What up with my ear???
Posted by kristi on May 26, 2012 at 3:17pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
I had a bruit when I had the AVM. It was there all my life. I guess everyone hears it at some point but as an "AVMer" mine was ALWAYS present. We became friends:)
My bruit was my connection to my heart, so I always thought (when I never…
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