[MichelleMoon]

Hi Sherry,

I was diagnosed a week ago with brain mets (happy new year) after headaches prompted me to have an MRI. My oncologist has been very good to order tests when I freak out and did order the MRI to 'put my mind at ease'. My headaches started in my front/facial area...mostly like a sinus headache. Then it seemed the pain became more random throughout my head. I convinced myself for a few weeks that it was holiday tension, or some pain my fear was creating. My brain mets are very small (all less than 5 mm) so both the oncologist and radiology oncologist really doubt these tumors were causing headaches. I guess we'll never know...just glad I caught it before I started having any more serious neurological symptoms.

Have you had an MRI recently? This was the first I had since become stage 4. I (wrongly) thought PET scans were superior and didn't question using MRI's for the head.

I'm sorry, because I probably didn't make you feel any better! Our minds play horrible tricks on our bodies. Best of luck and do keep us posted.