janeelaine: Radiation scares me, too. But if you have no other option, that is just what you may have to do. But I am wondering, if perhaps, resection was ever mentioned as an option. I was told by my neurosurgeon that to remove the meningioma, if possible, is always the preferred way to go. I had a craniotomy and it was not a big deal. So if that is an option, give it some thought.