I'm allready home!
Can't believe it's over all ready.
He res a quick run down. First, anything involving Pittsburgh requires either up hill or down hill navigation. Then, they obviously have zero snow plow equipment. It reminded me of those amusement park cars that just ride around in a track ( rut ). No steering required.
I have to agree with Steve, UPMC is the place for GK. They have done over 10,000 procedures with 1400 being AN's . Dr. Kondziolka and all the staff were exceptional in every way.
As for the procedure. First it was a long day, starting at 4:00 AM from the hotel, but I was out of the hospital by 12:30 and because of the continued snow, got home at 4:30PM. The installation and removal of the guiding device were uneventful. I could feel it , but it did not hurt. I was in the GK unit area for an hour and a half. One hour was actual in the machine and the rest was to change out the inserts. I did not realize that they weighed almost 500lbs each. There was some bleeding after removal and some pain from the holes in my head , but two Tylenol fixed that. I did have some brief periods of nausea. One after the MRI and one after the device was removed. I have no answer for this except that I hadn't had anything to eat or drink for 24 hrs. I'm fine now, so that's what I will go with. I don't think it had anything to do with the procedure.
If anyone wants more in depth detail I would be happy to provide them about my experience. Bryan
