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Dr. Sheehan at UVA

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Blw:

--- Quote from: kestes on October 04, 2018, 11:02:26 am ---Thank you all for your responses and BLW I have searched and read a great deal of your info!  I have an apt with Dr. Sheehan for GK the last week of October!  I am excited about the opportunity to go there.  I know the headframe will be yucky but at UVA they actually put you to sleep while they apply the frame, so that is great news.  I will keep everyone posted after my treatment.  BLW did you lose your hearing, have facial spasms, etc. after GK?  Thanks so much!

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My hearing was pretty much gone, but I still have some. It's the recognition that is bad. Don't worry about the headframe. It seems scary, but that really is the worst part and it isn't bad. Their team is fantastic, and while I've have seen 2-3 people put the frame on, I had 6. They numb it locally and with anesthesia. Some people fall alseep, but I was wide awake and remember it all. It really is just a metal ring that goes around your head and gets attached by screwing in 4 very small pins. It is like a pit stop--they go so fast. I think it was 5 minutes and done. My only issue was one pin was near a blood vessel so the anesthetic wore off and I dealt with dull pain the whole time. But it really is nothing. It looks like you have a very small tumor so you'll be out I bet in 20-25 minutes. You listen to music the whole time and your platform hasn't stopped moving and they will be unscrewing that head frame. The team is phenomenal and as I mentioned, he is a very well published doctor. Plus Charlottesville isn't a bad weekend. We spent the day touring Monticello, it was worth it.

notaclone13:
Kestes, hope everything went well yesterday and that you are enjoying a post-GammaKnife week-end in Charlottesville. Please come  back and post to let your cheering section here on the forum know how things went. Hoping you have minimum sid3 effects and smooth sailing from here on out.

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