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Originally Posted by SCadaddle
I've had so many MRI's in so many machines I comment on "how well the tires were balanced (or not) when they are done. I had one nurse claim they had just balanced and rotated the tires the week before. My instructions to the operator once the freak out button is in my hand is "let me know when we are square to the Japanese destroyer cause I'm gonna push the button and come out of this tube!".
Now, imagine laying on the board with your head in the box and a warm hot plastic mesh gets taken out of a warmer and flopped over your face, it gets clipped onto the box your head is in and then pushed pressed into your facial features while you breath through a bite stick clinched in your front teeth. The whole process to make your "mask" takes about 15 minutes to harden up and you are effectively immobilized by your head. Welcome to the Gamma Knife. Enjoy the 45 minutes in the tube. Don't pay too much attention to the change of barely audible sound frequency and the slight dimming of the lights at the same time, it's kind of like using your microwave at 30 percent power...you know what's going on when it cycles.
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A gamma knife experience is still a welcomed alternative to brain surgery. If you’re a candidate, lay down for 45 minutes with a tumor, and get up and go home without one (not necessarily in a single treatment but still more preferable).