Brain Mets and Radiation

[hmerch]

Thank you both for your responses.
I did read Christine's story...and you're right, it is quite inspirational.

Regarding chemo...my mother did mention something about taking chemo but she did not know which one it is. The other detail I got from her was that the brain mets were all over her brain and that they were numerous. I am a few continents away from her at the moment and so will hopefully get more details on the type of chemo, the size of the mets and the number once I reach there (which should be in a few days).

Actually I think what scared me was that the doc apparently told my mother that if the 5-10 radiations were successful then everything was good, but if not, then she has approx 1 year left.

Now that was scary....

hmerch

[Annemarie]

Hi,
Brain mets is always scary. I was diagnosed with Stage 3b bc in May 2000. In 2001, 2003 and 2004 I have had single lesion brain mets. The last two were very tiny because I get tested every 3 months. I had WBR and both craniotomy and gamma knife. I am on Herceptin (waiting for Tykerb to be approved) and take Temodar. Temodar I am told works best for primary tumors not mets. but there is some benefit. There is a lot of hope so you and your mother keep hanging in there!
Annemarie