cancer came back - Cancer Message Board

pennygelinas · 03-02-2001, 11:18 AM

I recently went to the doctors due to having some pressure pain in my head,well they did a ct scan and found two spots on my brain, they say most likely I will have surgey.I then had a mri and have not heard anything yet.I see a brain surgion on march 6th.I am holding up pretty good I think, I just keep praying that I can beat this thing and I will I am only 30 years old and I refuse to give up.I have kidney cancer and had that removed in december 2000 and I dont know how much more me and my family can handle this.Is there anyone who has gone through this,Please help me. Penny

babs225 · 03-29-2001, 07:22 AM

Have you recieved any chemo?

You are in my thoughts and prayers.

pennygelinas · 04-12-2001, 08:41 PM

babs,
No I have not had chemo yet,they are going to do that next week or so.I had that x-knife brain surgery done on march 15 to the 2 tumors in my brain and the 1 on my skull.recovered fine.Had a bone scan done and they found 2 spots on my left arm so they are going to do radiation in a week or so.Had a follow up ct scan done from the removal of my right kidney in december and they found 1 lymph node that is enlarged they believe the chemo will take care of that.I have a brain scan done on april 16 just to make sure they havent grown because they cant do chemo and whole brain radiation at the same time.If the tumors are shrinking then I wont have to do whole brain radiation.I want to thank you for your thoughts and prayers,I take all prayers.I will keep in touck.Penny

pennygelinas · 04-12-2001, 08:46 PM

Kathy,
I am doing just fine recovered very well from the x-knife surgery high dose radiation,I will be doing chemo and radiation in a week or so.Thanks for being here.Penny

bsp00071 · 04-15-2001, 10:59 PM

I'm hoping you're doing fine. I go see the oncologist tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have more info on route of therapy we're taking then.