Thank you for the above. I am a candidate for gamma knife, yes. What’s causing anxiety from it is that it is radiation. Radiation can cause the tumor to change to a malignancy, albeit small chance, but still. It’s radiation. I’m trying to limit my exposure to it during my day to day. Close to impossible but, no more ear buds for me. X-rays at dental appts, unless if I absolutely NEED them, I opt out. Etc.
I also have anxiety that if I just do radiation, I still have my tumor. And I will still have my anxiety with it acting up etc on a day to day. Most neurosurgeons I see say gamma knife is the best plan for me, but one neurosurgeon said there is 1 neurosurgeon he would recommend if I were to get it removed, as this neurosurgeon operates in that area all the time. So, I’m very interested to get this out of me, but of course, it scares the living daylights out of me as well.