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Treatment Options => Radiation / Radiosurgery => Topic started by: foodsmarts on August 31, 2009, 08:18:09 pm

Title: CK complete
Post by: foodsmarts on August 31, 2009, 08:18:09 pm

Hi All. CK at Stanford with Drs. Chang and Soltys complete August 21st. I was painting cabinets on the 22nd and felt great - more stable than I've been for months. After a week, I returned to my normal wobbliness but everything else is great. I have felt nothing but a little pressure
on the top of the head. Of course, I'm expecting to experience some symptoms down the road, as the tumor swells, but the procedure itself was
very easy to tolerate. As someone on this forum reported, a tooth cleaning can be more taxing. I was very well informed by the doctors in the pre-treatment briefing and the techs and support staff were excellent.

Thanks to everyone for all the information that helped me make my decision. This forum is such a help.

Helen

Title: Re: CK complete
Post by: Vivian B. on August 31, 2009, 08:50:45 pm

Hi Helen,

Congratulations on the completion of your treatment. I wish you all the best and success in your recovery process.

Vivian

Title: Re: CK complete
Post by: GRACE1 on September 01, 2009, 07:47:55 am

Good for you.  My thoughts and prayers for continued healing.

Grace

Title: Re: CK complete
Post by: sgerrard on September 01, 2009, 09:34:56 am

CK Postie!

Another item you can check off of your to do list. :)

Congratulations, and I hope you have a gentle first six months.

Steve

Title: Re: CK complete
Post by: ppearl214 on September 01, 2009, 09:40:28 am

Hey Helen,

I'm not sure if you saw my post on the CK forums, but will note here a hearty congrats to you for being a "toastie postie" :)  Sending wellness wishes that things will be smooth in the coming months.. and we're here to help if we can. 

Hang in there... and again, congrats!
Phyl

Title: Re: CK complete
Post by: Jim Scott on September 01, 2009, 02:57:05 pm

Hi, Helen ~

I''d like to add my congratulations on your successful CK session.  Although no two AN patients have the identical outcome with any procedure, you seem to be doing splendidly.  This should be encouraging for those AN patients contemplating the CyberKnife procedure.  I trust your post-radiation life will remain relatively serene and the AN will quietly croak, giving you no further trouble.

Jim

Title: Re: CK complete
Post by: Tumbleweed on September 01, 2009, 08:44:09 pm

Hi, Helen:

Congratulations on completing your CK treatments, a true milestone in your life!

Please know that if you get any side effects down the road, they will be short-lived and don't portend long-term problems. I had unusually extreme reactions to CK in the short term but it has turned out to be a miracle treatment for me. I feel so much better now than I did before treatment, and my tumor has shrunk dramatically.

I am holding you in my thoughts and wishing you the same great recovery. Congrats on being a toasy postie!!!!!!!!!!   :)

Best wishes,
TW

Title: Re: CK complete
Post by: eab on September 02, 2009, 04:36:51 pm

Congratulations! It's wonderful to be on this side of making the decision and actually getting it done.  Here's to continued success, no side effects and a dead tumor!

Beth