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jojo · 01-20-2006, 03:43 PM

Oh, one more thing... Last year, I had asked how they came to decide a craniotomy on my 2nd tumor (grew back in the same spot; pre-gamma knifed). I did NOT have a brain PET scan. They just studied & compared the growth size of the 2nd tumor & time frame between my brain MRI's. Too bad, in my craniotomy, it turned out to be cancerous, after all. Hence, these 24 radiation seeds..... :-( Good sign, though, is that the next follow-up MRI's have continued to show no new activity for almost one year now.

01-20-2006, 03:43 PM	#8
jojo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Francisco Bay Area in California Posts: 176	Ps Oh, one more thing... Last year, I had asked how they came to decide a craniotomy on my 2nd tumor (grew back in the same spot; pre-gamma knifed). I did NOT have a brain PET scan. They just studied & compared the growth size of the 2nd tumor & time frame between my brain MRI's. Too bad, in my craniotomy, it turned out to be cancerous, after all. Hence, these 24 radiation seeds..... :-( Good sign, though, is that the next follow-up MRI's have continued to show no new activity for almost one year now. __________________ *Blessings & Peace,* ~jojo~ 1st Dx: May '03 at age 35 Stage 3b 6cm IDC tumor 17/18 + nodes Neoadjuvant: 4x A/C dose dense; 12x weekly Taxol & weekly Herceptin Left Mastectomy: Nov '03 27x Rads Stage 4 since June '04 Still on maintenance Herceptin since the very beginning Currently on Abraxane (3 weeks / 1 week off)