Difficulty walking due to leg weakness
Hi,
My mother is having difficulty walking due to weakness in her left leg. She can move her leg sideways but cannot lift it. Her oncologist had a brain, spine MRI done. They gave her conformol (3D) radiation for 10 days on the back side of her head for the brain metastases. However there hasnt been any improvement.
- Radition onclogist feels that the spine has a few spots but he desnt think that is the cause for her leg weakness. He said sometimes there is a delayed response to brain radiation. Is that true ? He said that we could try giving radiation to the spine though.
- Her oncologist wants to put her on chemotherapy.
She was able to walk until 15 days back. I am feeling very bad - she has gone through so much already in the past 2 years, I have tears in my eyes everytime i think about this...
What is the best option to treat this? Does anyone have similar experience? Please help
thanks,
psc
Dx Mom, Stage IV, ER- PR-, HER2+
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