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Re: Ugh Brain Mets!
Thanks for all the support! I love the other posts as well about the stereotactic radiation successes. Right now I am hanging in here, my only issue is dealing with the dex. Wow this stuff is something else, hard to describe what this is even like. The rad doc's nurse helped me out a lot this week, adjusting the levels down a bit and checking up on me. So I feel well cared for, now just waiting for the procedure next week and then hopefully the taper off the dex. I have so much energy I think I will go clean the basement today. My attention span is about 15 seconds so that should be interesting.
I'm really curious about what the procedure will be like next week. Lots of people involved, rad doc, neuro doc, techs, a physicist (not sure what exactly he does, I suspect he designs the rads to shoot). I'll will be relieved when it's done and the spots are gone. It's a creepy feeling knowing these little buggers are in my brain.
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2009: dcis rt side, mastectomy, no chem or rads
2009: rt recon implant.
Jan 2014: stage 4. pain right side, found "too many to individually account for" liver mets. Found right axilla lymph nodes and nearby mass (source). Lung, lymph and bone mets. Brain clear by MRI. Er and pr neg, HER2 +++
Feb 2014: herceptin, perjeta, taxol
July 2014: no active disease, only bone scars and 1 liver scar! Tumor markers all normal again.
Dec 2014: seizure, 3 brain mets (15, 5 and 3 mm)
Feb 2015: Linac Stereotactic Radiation for brain mets
June 2015: no new brain mets, old ones greatly reduced in size. Bod still no active disease
October 2015: New brain Met, zapped by Stereotactic rads, watching another spot
Jan 2016: The other spot grew, zapped again. Still on herceptin and perjeta every 3 weeks
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