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MRI: Bad results
Hi Everyone,
I had my routine MRI today, and then my oncologist had to leave for a weekend trip. He said that I would need to wait for my results until Monday, unless there was an issue. Well, unfortunately, the oncologist on call called me 10 minutes after I arrived home with the news that the the area (prefrontal coretex) where I had surgery in May 04 for brain mets shows a small area of regrowth since my last MRI. Stereotactic surgery is not an option because I had follow up stereotactic surgery to the area and apparently you can only radiate an area once. Needless to say, I am in shock, and angry. I am absolutely terrified of taking that Decadron again. I don't do well on it. I've been working out, have no symptoms and feel great. Herceptin put all my markers in the normal range and I was beginning to have hope. Even if I have surgery again I am worried about the fact that they can't mop up what's left. Any insights from those of you who have had recurrances to the same site would be appreciated. With the holidays coming up, I probably won't be able to see my surgeon for a while.
Thanks,
Barbara H.
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