Two years ago today I was sitting in the Stanford Hospital waiting room worried that my husband might not make it through brain surgery. Since July 13, 2007 Travis has had too many medical appointments to count. He has been on too much medication, especially pain medication. He has been on Oxycontin, Duragesic pain patches, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'CyberKnife'
Two years ago today…An Update
July 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments
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The tumor is completely gone!!!!
March 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Travis went to Palo Alto on Monday to have an MRI. On Tuesday he saw Dr. Adler and was told that his tumor is completely gone. As exciting as it is I still don’t think it has sunk in all the way. In my opinion, this is proof that CyberKnife radiation works. It is the [...]
Tags: Brain Tumor · CyberKnife · Cyberknife radiation · Dr. Adler · Radiosurgery · Schwannoma military · Stanford · Trigeminal schwannoma · brain cancer · cancer · radiation · recovery · tumor · update
New non-invasive treatment for Trigeminal Schwannoma-CyberKnife
March 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments
The other night while doing my nightly research I came across the most wonderful article. It was just published in February 2009. Dr. John Adler, the best neurosurgeon in the world (the surgeon who has been taking care of Travis) has reported that 13 consecutive patients with Trigeminal Schwannomas were treated with CyberKnife between 2003-2007. [...]
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