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Hi,
I am SueF2's daughter Jennifer. After her brain mets diagnosis last Wednesday of 4 small spots and one larger (but not large) one on the cerebellum, she started whole brain radiation (WBR) Friday. By Sunday she was in the hospital. A couple hours after radiation on Friday she began vomiting and was very dizzy. She was like this all weekend and couldn't keep anything down. Sunday afternoon my brother had her taken to the hospital. This reaction is apparantly not an unusual side effect of WBR, especially when targeting the cerebellum. Can anyone confirm this? Without any treatments over the weekend she was a bit better this morning, but had the same bad reaction after treatment today. My brother says she is basically incoherent. The doctor says he wants to continue WBR, but keep her in the hospital (I hope) while they do (until next Thursday, after 10 treatments). I have not talked to a doctor personally, as I am in Connecticut. I will be going down this weekend. I am wondering if continuing is wise or if other options (sterotactic, Gamma/Cyber Knife) should be looked at. Of course, reading on the Internet I think I know more than the doctor, but I hate seeing my mom go through all this pain. I guess I am just looking for reassurance that the doctor knows what he's doing and that things will improve by the end of next week. I hope to talk to her onc tomorrow, maybe the radiologist too. Has anyone had success with WBR being the first course of treatment for brain mets? Thanks for listening.
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