I researched a bit about it because a while back it might have been an
option for me, then I didn't have it done because endo decided to
wait.....(which was a bad idea as you can imagine)
It's a one time deal, you go in, have it done and are discharged the same
day. The difference from surgery is that with gamma it takes longer to see the
results, up to two years to see any change at all, I read that most patients are
treated with medications after having gamma knife done and the medications are
decreased or stopped as improvements kick in. A drawback, I thought, was that
just as improvements are seen on the long run....also any errors and damages to
the pituitary gland and surrounding tissue are seen "over time".
You need a specialized radiologist to do it too! Someone preferably with
experience, it is a single beam....one shot that cannot be messed up and needs
to be precise. I thought it was less scary than surgery but still....a one time
shot to getting better or worse.....hopefully better though! But then I guess
surgery is just the same, you get better if it goes well or worse if it doesn't,
only difference is that with surgery you go through everything in an instance
and success or damages are seen immediately or within a few days or weeks and
with gamma it's over time that you can tell any improvements or damages.
Jessica
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