With regard to the meningioma, I think the monitoring is an MRI, or, at least, that is what I have once a year to monitor the 2 I still have, and now, per Jason's post, my understanding is that the neuro doc is also monitoring for possible regrowth of the meningioma I had removed. I don't have an issue with the MRI. At least there is no radiation. I just have to make sure to drink a lot of water after the contrast agent is injected into my veins as it is hard on one's kidneys. I have had 2 cerebral angiograms. The first, to look at the 7 mm aneurysm, and the second, to go back again and insert 4 coils into it. (This time under a general for about 3 1/2 hours.) To my dismay, the neurosurgeon now wants another cerebral angiogram at the 6 month post-coiling mark to check it again. If any of the coils have compacted, then I might need to undergo another coiling procedure to add a few more coils. I have tried to compromise with aforementioned neuro doc asking to just have an MRA with contrast. I really don't like all the radiation with the cerebral angiogram. Each time I've had it I've lost a noticeable amount of hair afterword. But the neurosurgeon said, "no," one more cerebral angiogram and then after that he'll let me have a yearly MRA. Oh, and by the way, snaking the catheter through the artery in my wrist and into my brain is preferred because it's easier to compress and stop the bleeding with this special wrist cuff as opposed to stopping bleeding in one's groin. The whole coiling procedure was pretty easy. But, I know in some cases it's not possible. Best of luck to both of us navigating all this unwanted real estate in our brains.