My Mum was treated for breast cancer 3 years ago - it was stage 3, grade 3 and she had chemo, herceptin and radiotherapy.
She started having double vision and we just found out she has 5 brain lesions which are metastases from the breast cancer.
She's just begun having whole brain radiation (they started the day after discovering the lesions) and is on steroids. But the statisics look awful, awful, awful. I live abroad and we're planning to go back at Christmas - but I'm even wondering if that's too late :(
Doctors are non-committal. They haven't given a time and are waiting to see if the lesions respond to radiotherapy.
Are there any good news stories or should we prepare for the worst?
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brain lesions from breast cancer - is it as awful as it sounds?
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Kungfutea · 06/08/2013 01:34
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