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new to board not to cancer
Hello everyone,
I am a 4 year survivor and was diagnosed last week with a 3.5 cm lesion in the back part of my brain. I have started whole brain radiation to be followed by radiosurgery. My onc and radiologist wanted to get this treatment started in hopes of shrinking the tumor enough to be considered for the radiosurgery. I am not a good candidate for other surgical proceedures since it is lying too close to the brain stem. I didnt have any real symptoms except some dizziness that was thought to be caused by sinuses. My onc ran a brain MRI and found the spot. I feel fine but and sooo scared . I had stage 3c breast cancer at original diagnosis and had 6 months of chemo. 7 1/
2 weeks of rads. Followed by a year of herceptin. Had just made my 4 year mark in April and now this. The one large lesion is the only place it was found. I am just looking for someone who has had these treatments and can help me understand what will come next. I am a single mother who cant work anymore and am lost and scared. Thanks for any advice.
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