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Re: Ugh Brain Mets!
Hi All -
Sorry it's been a while since I posted...I decided to make some changes in my life. I quit my job in Washington and took a new one in North Dakota! This is closer to family and friends and I love the area and my new job. Hubby is from NoDak and he loves it! My youngest started college this year so we are now empty nesters.
Unfortunately, I still am having issues with Brain mets. The first three are completely gone, however I developed 2 new ones. The first was zapped in Oct and the second was a spot the doc was watching and it grew so it was zapped yesterday. Because of my history, I get MRIs quarterly so all was found early. Right now nothing being seen that hasn't been treated so hoping for the best. Rest of body still clean, can see bone scars but nothing active.
It makes me sad to see Agness and now Annettechen also with the brain beast! I agree with the comments on better screening. It took a horrible seizure for me to find the first mets, that was unnecessary to let it get to that point.
Hugs and love to all
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2009: dcis rt side, mastectomy, no chem or rads
2009: rt recon implant.
Jan 2014: stage 4. pain right side, found "too many to individually account for" liver mets. Found right axilla lymph nodes and nearby mass (source). Lung, lymph and bone mets. Brain clear by MRI. Er and pr neg, HER2 +++
Feb 2014: herceptin, perjeta, taxol
July 2014: no active disease, only bone scars and 1 liver scar! Tumor markers all normal again.
Dec 2014: seizure, 3 brain mets (15, 5 and 3 mm)
Feb 2015: Linac Stereotactic Radiation for brain mets
June 2015: no new brain mets, old ones greatly reduced in size. Bod still no active disease
October 2015: New brain Met, zapped by Stereotactic rads, watching another spot
Jan 2016: The other spot grew, zapped again. Still on herceptin and perjeta every 3 weeks
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