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Velva
It's great to hear your craniotmy was sucessful. It is always asumed that you will get recurrent tumors in vaious locations and having a short course of WBR at this time can reduce that risk a great deal. I never had a craniotomy 'cause my tumors were less than 2 cm, however, I did have Gamma-knife first that proved to be an insuffient TX. I had a recurrence 6 months later that led me to have WBR daily for 20 days. It did work for me, and I WOULD RECOMMEND IT EVEN IF HAIR LOSS is an issue with you. My hair has had little regrowth, but I found wigs to be easy and convient . aia picked wigs that are light weight and styles that suit me well. The major problem must be resolved and this is the treatment of choice. It can be a fstiguing Tx, but well woth it. LKater in time you will be scheduled by you radiation Onc for intervals of Brain MRI on a routine basis w/ longer intervals as you make progress. If you relapse, You will have another good option,Gamma-kfe or Cyber-knife. the stereotactic form of radiation surgery. It is not so unvasive and take a few hours.
Good luck, Isure you are doing the right Tx. It maybe shorter than my Tx, being you no longer have large tumors. The focus is now on getting rid of the lurking seedlings and undetectable micro- invasive brain mets. Sending you Well Wishes and Hugs, Christine
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