Surgery again

Barbara H. · 12-10-2006, 05:19 AM

Hi,
I just read Steph N.s post and was pleased to hear that all is basically going well. The area on the left frontal cortex of my brain grew again to over 3cm and I will therefore need surgery on Tuesday. I will be in an MRI machine so the whole procedure will take about 7 hours. I haven't posted about it because I just found out Friday night. This will be my third surgery on this spot. My surgeon feels that it could still be necroses, whicn is radiation effect, but everyone else thought tumor regrowth could be part of it. He believes this because the area grew so fast after my scan in September. He feels that the area will eventually resolve, but I am also getting tired of having this done every year.

My only other concern is minor bone mets that popped up in March and were treated with Navelbine. They are stable, but the Navelbine did not really work. I am now off of it and will have a bone biopsy in January to study the composition of this cancer and see if it has morphed to ER positive. All my other mets that I had 2 1/2 years ago are NED. (skin, liver, nodes, lungs)

So, I have a lot to deal with at this time of the year and hope that all goes well.

I will post the results when I am back.

Thanks,
Barbara H.