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Dan

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Gamma knife surgery
Jan 28^th, 2009 at 3:42pm

Hi everyone hope all is well, My wife visited our GP (the same one that treats me for CH) earlier today and whilst she was there he had done some homework regarding this procedure. Apparently it has been used a few times on CH patients ( do not know the success rate, need to do some homework for myself on that one) and is going to contact my nuero tommorow to discuss the possibilty of receiving this treatment in London (apparently this is a longshot).
I will post the link with some info regarding this treatment at the end of the thread.
I don't know if any one else in our community has ever heard of this treatment or maybe has even reacieved it, any thoughts or knowledge would be great.

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You can use the custom search on this webpage to point you towards CH section, this link explains the procedure of the treatment.

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PFD'S

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Re: Gamma knife surgery
Reply #1 - Jan 28^th, 2009 at 3:51pm

Hello Dan,

Dan wrote on Jan 28^th, 2009 at 3:42pm:

( do not know the success rate, need to do some homework for myself on that one)

From what I've observed, it's not a good one. Please use the Google search function in the right hand upper corner and type in "Gamma Knife". It'll pull up past posts on the subject.

Take care,
mel

Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires - disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way. ~Bernie S. Siegel

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Dan CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 14 Kent, England Gender:	Re: Gamma knife surgery Reply #2 - Jan 28^th, 2009 at 4:03pm Thanks mel hope you are doing ok and getting some PF time, thanks for the advise I have had a quick look and some of the side affects do not sound to nice, and as you say the success rate does not seem to be that good either. I think i am going to have a good think about this one!!!! Take care Dan
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Re: Gamma knife surgery
Reply #3 - Jan 28^th, 2009 at 7:48pm

I was diagnosed with a pituitary adenoma several years ago, and had gamma knife surgery early last year to treat it. This was done at Barrow Neurological, where I've also seen neurologists for CH treatment, and at no point did they mention that the gamma knife would have any effect on my CH. Moreover, I also had transsphenoidal surgery (endoscopic neurosurgery done through the nose) and had a cycle immediately following.

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