I've been reading all the info and watching YouTube all I can on CK and gamma ray procedures? Same thing? My doc says it is time to move on my 1.2x1.4x1.6 AN, only grew a tiny bit from last year but I'm tired of arguing with brain surgeons. He says if I choose the middle fossa surgery I can lose hearing permanently and if it gets much bigger that is what he will have to do. So I am going to move on the CK I guess after the 2nd opinion from another Kaiser doctor. I can only find a few people who report negative side effects of this procedure. Tinnitus can actually worsen from CK? Hearing loss could happen?

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see my post 4/18/21. Tom101

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Hi Tom are you still using propolis - I read an old post of yours.

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Michele
20 x19x14mm Cystic AN diagnosed Feb 2019. CK.
Mri 2019 shrinking: 18x17x13 mm.
Mri 2020 - no cysts visible, stable.
MRI 2023 Further reduction 12x12x10mm!! Hearing 87%
MRI 2026 - further reduction to 10mm x 9mm x 9 mm! Hearing stable - no change since 2025 no need for hearing aid as yet.

Yes — CyberKnife (CK) and Gamma Knife (GK) are different machines, but they are both forms of stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy (SRS/FSRT) used to treat vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma). So when you're reading about Gamma Knife, a lot of the general principles apply to CyberKnife, but the exact hearing and tinnitus risks aren't necessarily identical.

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