@deborah52 well you could ask nurse to email him whatever question you might have. i had no choice with mine id collapsed and had emergency surgery. but email works or ask him to show up that you have questions. again i know everyone is busy and tis the season , i do not remember my doctor and here i have heard he is going to retire. Dr Young and e has great skills. keep me posted on what they do please. sending a prayer--------- sent,, have a blessed day

@deborah52 :I also have an 8mm meningioma in that same location. So far, based on my last annual MRI, it hasn't grown. In the back of my mind, at times, I worry about it growing into the sagittal sinus vein, so am sorry this is the reality you are dealing with. I already had one meningioma removed (craniotomy) near my optic nerve. The neurosurgeon who did that surgery already informed me that because of the location of my remaining parasagittal meningioma if it did grow, and was causing symptoms, I'd have to have radiation. And he specifically said it would be one treatment. I am under the impression that whether you have gamma knife or cyber knife depends on which one of these expensive machines the hospital has purchased. I am also sorry your consult was all of 5 minutes. That was not my experience with my neurosurgeon at UCSF. If your neurosurgeon has referred you to a radiation oncologist I am hoping that physician will spend the appropriate amount of time with you to explain the procedure in detail and answer all your questions. Make sure to take another person to your consult as a second set of ears because there will be a lot of information given to you. (Hopefully)