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Re: Brain Mets--what do they feel like?
Self care tips:
1)Try hot packs or cold packs for short periods of time to see if it gives you relief. Typically cold helps acute conditions, warm helps chronic.
2) You can also feel behind the left ear for the lower edge of the mastoid process and put gentle pressure to encourage a release.
2) Grasp the belly of the muscles between your fingers and apply pressure. It is a long muscle belly from the ear to the collarbone and sternum. If you have referred pain you will be able to tell when you put pressure on the muscle - you feel things happening elsewhere. If you have trouble grasping it bend your head forward or lean your head to the left.
Here is information on the SCM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternocleidomastoid_muscle
I hope this helps you to find some relief, and I sincerely hope you don't have any brain mets!!!!!!!
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Diagnosed 2007
Stage IIb Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Pagets, 3 of 15 positive nodes
Traditional Treatment: Mastectomy and Axillary Node Dissection followed by Taxotere, 6 treatments and 1 year of Herceptin, no radiation
Former Chemo Ninja "Takizi Zukuchiri"
Additional treatments:
GP2 vaccine, San Antonio Med Ctr
Prescriptive Exercise for Cancer Patients
ENERGY Study, UCSD La Jolla
Reconstruction: TRAM flap, partial loss, Revision
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