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StephN · 10-23-2010, 04:07 PM

Hi MMM -

Becky is probably right, but there is one thing I would not overlook, especially if you still feel quesy after this weekend.

I have had both raging liver mets and brain mets. I did not have nausea or quesy feeling as a symptom with either kind of mets. So, I wonder if you have had a brain MRI in the last 6 months?

Each of us may have some of the same symptoms with either kind of mets, but I only had the pain in right side with the liver involvement and NO symptoms of the brain mets. My routine annual check of my brain showed - surprise of surprises - 2 lesions. That was 5 years ago and all has been well since that time.

Many of the ladies who have brain mets here report having some nausea, so that always come to my mind. It is a big relief when the scan is negative.

10-23-2010, 04:07 PM	#6
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Re: Is Nausea a sign of liver issues Hi MMM - Becky is probably right, but there is one thing I would not overlook, especially if you still feel quesy after this weekend. I have had both raging liver mets and brain mets. I did not have nausea or quesy feeling as a symptom with either kind of mets. So, I wonder if you have had a brain MRI in the last 6 months? Each of us may have some of the same symptoms with either kind of mets, but I only had the pain in right side with the liver involvement and NO symptoms of the brain mets. My routine annual check of my brain showed - surprise of surprises - 2 lesions. That was 5 years ago and all has been well since that time. Many of the ladies who have brain mets here report having some nausea, so that always come to my mind. It is a big relief when the scan is negative. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.