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brain surgery and Gamma Knife
Hello All,
After having a regularly scheduled MRI it showed that some of the previously treated tumors are growing back. There is a new 5 mm growth too. The growths are on or near the cerebellum.
I guess I'm posting to see if anyone has had brain surgery. How did it go? It is kind of scary. I have great faith in Jesus, but brain surgery? Yuck.
As you can see, I have had Gamma Knife before. So I kind of know what that's like. Jealous?
Thanks,
D.W.
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4/06 diagnosed metastatic breast cancer stage III her2nu
4/06-7/06 taxol, carboplatin, herceptin 4/06-4/08 herceptin
8/06 mastectomy, lymph nodes removed
08/06-12/06 taxotere
28 radiation treatments
4/08 mets in brain, spine & hip
4/08 whole brain radiation 10 times
5/08-6/08 spinal radiation 12 times
4/08-9/08 tykerb, xeloda
9/08-present navelbine, herceptin
10/08 MRI shows brain mets just about gone!
4/09-blah more brain mets
6/09-Gamma Knife Radiation to the brain
9/09-three small brain tumors gone, big one shrunk almost in half
3/10 NED (nice)
8/11-more brain mets; shrunken are growing; new one found
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