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Whole Brain Radiation
hi all, having now heard from Sloan that they do not believe i am a candidate for stereotactic because there at least 5 and probably more small metastases in the brain, my own docs agree that i need whole brain radiation and say i need to do it quickly, as in the next 2 weeks, before they show up in some place that can be dangerous. the reason for the rush is that although my original 3 spots shrank from may to july and to september, in the september MRI these new ones showed up and they think i now need to act quickly because of the sudden change even though all the new spots are under 2mm and most under 1mm. the rest of my body has responded incredibly well to the chemo of Carbo, taxol and herceptin and my onc thinks we need to be equally aggressive with the brain. i would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has had whole brain radiation and what it was like. Just how tired were you and for how long? what are the other problems i should expect.
thanks
Beth
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