PLEASE HELP! BREAT CANCER BRAIN METASTASES!!!!!!!!!! - Cancer: Breast Message Board

rodicusa · 03-12-2003, 03:59 PM

My mom has breast cancer and a few days ago we have been told that thay found some brain metastases. I am really really really worried. Please, can anyone help me? She is only 42 years old and I think that I cannot live anymore if anything happens to my mother.
Has anyone been in this situation? Do you know somenone that has recovered?
Please, I am really desperate! Thank you in advance!

Rodica

winged phantom · 03-12-2003, 09:13 PM

Rodica,
I am so sorry about the situation your mother and your family are in right now. I know you must feel desperate, and I hope you can find someone to talk to about your feelings, whether in person or on a message board. And of course you want to learn something more about your mother's condition, too. I'm sorry I cannot help you on the cancer issue, but you can do searches on the web for breast cancer, breast cancer metastasis to brain, and even for message boards. Hopefully someone will come along here who does know something more about this, but this is my suggestion in the interim.

Give your mother all the love you have; make sure you express it to her in all those little, meaningful ways. It will make you both happy and content.
wr

mlgable · 03-13-2003, 07:50 AM

Since the cancer has spread to the brain she will need to do what every her oncologist recommends for treatment. Cancer that has spread to the brain is very serious often difficult to treat. Since you are having a hard time dealing with this since she is young you need to consider talking to a counselor so that you can learn to deal with this. Your mother is going to need a strong family to help her deal with this as it can be a rough time for everyone. I am very sorry to hear about her cancer spreading but would like to use this opportunity to remind everyone to have regular checkups and mammograms as your doc feels necessary.

kat721 · 03-13-2003, 09:12 AM

Hi Rodica, My mother and her sister, my aunt, both have survived Breast Cancer.
Neither one went to the Brain Matastases stage.
They are both on maintenance meds with Evista and doing well.
I am posting a link to Johns Hopkins Medicine Sterotactic Radio Surgery. There is a good article on Breast Cancer Brain Metastases. You will be glad to know that the control rate of the problem is
80% to 90%.
So that's hopeful news.
[url="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/radiosurgery/breastmets.cfm"]http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/radiosurgery/breastmets.cfm[/url]

The biggest thing about having family with Breast Cancer is that we all have to look at all possible outcomes and still remain hopeful.
Cancer is an odd disease and it's very important to keep a really positive attitude during the healing process.
Trust me on that one.
So chin up and put on a smile for your mom and be the best support you can be.
Cancer effects everyone in the family.
Take care and if you need an ear, here we are.
I usually answer over on the womans board so if you need to vent talk or sort with someone who knows the daughter end of things you can pick up a thread over there since I don't come by here much.
Hugs,
kat

rodicusa · 03-14-2003, 01:51 PM

Thank you all very much for your answers. I am really sure that my mom is going to be all right. I know this will happen and I hope thatr cancer will become very quickly an easy-to-cure disease, without all these problems.
Good health to everyone!
Rodica