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StephN · 05-20-2005, 12:26 PM

Hi Velva -
Sure hope you headaches are due to another source than brain mets return! Esp. since the April MRI seems to have been clear.

There is one caveat that I keep in mind when I am having my followup brain MRIs now. That is that those screening MRIs don't use as fine a cut as is possible. So, some very tiny spots can be missed and then grow enough in the 3 or so months before the next MRI to be seen the next time. Guess this is the reason the docs want to "take a look" so often once we have been shown to have the brain mets.
I, for one, will let them!

05-20-2005, 12:26 PM	#7
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Hi Velva - Sure hope you headaches are due to another source than brain mets return! Esp. since the April MRI seems to have been clear. There is one caveat that I keep in mind when I am having my followup brain MRIs now. That is that those screening MRIs don't use as fine a cut as is possible. So, some very tiny spots can be missed and then grow enough in the 3 or so months before the next MRI to be seen the next time. Guess this is the reason the docs want to "take a look" so often once we have been shown to have the brain mets. I, for one, will let them!