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<< Anyone have any thoughts on Gamma Knife vs Cyber Knife? >>
WEll, Kim many of is here are passing over this same "bump in the road." But we can and DO get over it. The bummer is that at the time you are looking at an expensive procedure your insurance may be cut.
The good part about a brain mets situation is that the docs act quickly, and you I am sure you will have your met addressed within 2 weeks.
As far as the two procedures you mentioned go, I asked the same question to my Gamma Knife specialist. There is no center in Seattle that presently offers cyberknife, but I could have gone to S. Cal for this.
My doc said that normally they like to use cyberknife for tumors that are in especially difficult places elsewhere in our bodies than the brain.
Gamma Knife is especially for the brain and is accurate to within 1mm and that is pretty darn close! So, the risk is very small that anything in the area surrounding the tumor will be affected by that procedure.
Don't let all this get you down, the Gamma Knife itself is painless and soundless. So for treatment it is a breeze - the icky part is how much Decadron you need to get rid of any inflammation caused by the met. Yours is small so hope you will not have to be on that for very long.
Just keep posting your questions and progress, OK?
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