Decision Made

I chatted with my medical oncologist today and she had already spoken with the radiation oncologist and was ready to give me her opinion on what to do. She suggests that I avoid whole brain radiation because, and I quote; "I expect you to be alive for a long time" and she wouldn't want my quality of life to suffer as a result of the cognitive problems that arise after whole brain radiation. The radiation to the posterior fossa will "clean up" anything that is left over after surgery and then they'll monitor me closely and use gamma knife to zap anything that pops up later on. I really needed a doctor to give me their opinion and their reasoning. I wish I had pushed the radiation oncologist to do it when I saw her, but the reality is that I have more history with my medical oncologist and would have wanted to talk this over with her anyway. So long story short, I'll be going ahead with radiation to my posterior fossa (back of the brain). The next step is scheduling and I'm hoping that I'll get a call tomorrow to get that started...