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12-14-2005, 10:55 PM

Hi - I had stereotatic surgery (on a LINAC machine) in August for a solitary brain met. I've had mri's in Oct (it appeared to be a bit smaller) and then again this week (Dec). This time the docs read the mri and said the met appeared a little bit (millimeters) bigger. I do have some edema, too.

So they gave me some choices:
1. Do Gamma knife in the area that appears to be growing - to try and knock out the met.

2. Take temodar - and go after it chemically. I'd probably have to stop the tasxotere-carbo-herceptin regime I also just started to deal with some lymph nodes in my abdomen that had been stable.

Are there other things I should be thinking about? Places to go for a consult? I'm plannig to do a consult with doctors at the Mayo clinic.

I'm feeling mighty scared - I just assumed the stereotactic surgery would work. help and thanks.

12-14-2005, 10:55 PM	#1
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	brain mets - 2nd mri not good Hi - I had stereotatic surgery (on a LINAC machine) in August for a solitary brain met. I've had mri's in Oct (it appeared to be a bit smaller) and then again this week (Dec). This time the docs read the mri and said the met appeared a little bit (millimeters) bigger. I do have some edema, too. So they gave me some choices: 1. Do Gamma knife in the area that appears to be growing - to try and knock out the met. 2. Take temodar - and go after it chemically. I'd probably have to stop the tasxotere-carbo-herceptin regime I also just started to deal with some lymph nodes in my abdomen that had been stable. Are there other things I should be thinking about? Places to go for a consult? I'm plannig to do a consult with doctors at the Mayo clinic. I'm feeling mighty scared - I just assumed the stereotactic surgery would work. help and thanks.