[michka]

Hi Lori
First thank you for sharing. I am thinking of you.I am so sorry cryo did not work enough. Have you found the right hospital/surgeon now?
On my side I am still fighting to get my mets removed. But things changed: I had 2 appointments this week I had made a month ago. The first in the most experimented Cyberknife center in North of France, and the second with a surgeon in the biggest cancer center in France called Institut Gustave Roussy.
In the Cyberknife center they started by a MRI. And then they informed me that I didn't have 2 mets but four. They explained that the 2 "new ones" were in fact very small and that they believed they were always there. But they have a more powerful MRI 3T when most of the MRIs in France are 1,5T. I discovered this! So since November I first thought I had one met, then 2 and now 4, all there since the beginning. The biggest one is 17mm. The only "good" news is that the 2 already identified tumors lost 2 or 3 mm. The fact that there were 4 tumors did not seem to bother the doctor and he said he would operate but he had to go through the process of the center and consult with the team. That may take 10 days. I was very worried about my second appointment but the surgeon said that she would operate even if there were 4 tumors and maybe use RFA for the smallest one during the operation. But she also had to submit my case to the staff. I will have an answer end of next week.
So please hope for me that these teams will say yes.
I am afraid of Cyberknife because we do not have many stats about the outcome and the side effects of radiation in the liver for breast mets. I am also afraid of resection not only because of the risks and the pain but because Lani posted several times that operations lower our immune system and that could make other mets pop up in other parts of the body. Did you ask that question?
How many mets do you have, one? I read you took Navelbine. Are you still on it and if not, how long did you take it?
I hope you have a plan by now. I sure understand what you are going through. Sending tons of hugs.
Michka