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Becky · 10-31-2009, 08:55 AM

My first brain MRI showed tons of "normal aging" stuff like that. Freaked me out a bit until I had my onc talk to the radiologist who read the results. Bottom line - normal scan for a woman my age.

We all have normal, weird stuff in our bodies that we'd never, ever know about unless we had scans and tests because of bc. Its just who we are.

Headaches are a matter of course. Having just one headache as a bc survivor, especially in the early years of survival, makes all of us think the worst and then you get more headaches from the stress of having a headache where you think its bc mets to the brain.

Your MRI showed normal results and that's all that matters. Just make sure your blood pressure is okay and thats not the cause.

10-31-2009, 08:55 AM	#4
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: For cynthia1962 My first brain MRI showed tons of "normal aging" stuff like that. Freaked me out a bit until I had my onc talk to the radiologist who read the results. Bottom line - normal scan for a woman my age. We all have normal, weird stuff in our bodies that we'd never, ever know about unless we had scans and tests because of bc. Its just who we are. Headaches are a matter of course. Having just one headache as a bc survivor, especially in the early years of survival, makes all of us think the worst and then you get more headaches from the stress of having a headache where you think its bc mets to the brain. Your MRI showed normal results and that's all that matters. Just make sure your blood pressure is okay and thats not the cause. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"