update: stable

I have now had 17 intrathecal (injected into my brain) treatments of the Herceptin. I ' m getting used to it.I had an brain MRI on September 15.It showed all visible tumours to be stable. There were no new visible tumours. As I said, in an email to family:" The brain MRI shows things to be stable. This is so much better than the alternative that we celebrated with gelato and a meal out.It would have been nice to see some progress but this is still good. What ' s difficult to know is if I am just staying stable right now on my own or if the treatment is working. What is certain is that we will not be stopping for a little while - even if it is a grind, we have to assume that it ' s helping. Things are certainly not nearly as bad after 14 treatments as they could be by now. "The oncologist treating me said that it ' s likely that I am stable because ofsome treatment but we don ' t know if that ' s the Herceptin or the CyberKnife radiation I had in March. I do wish it were more obvious but I am happy to be here and to be feeling OK, all things considered.I also had a spinal MRI on September 16. The report clearly stated that there was no visible sign of metastasis in my spine. This is good news. I ' m still in a lot of pain but I don ' t need to worry that its caused by a new tumour." I have degenerative disc disease (which is a misnomer because it is not a disease and not bound to get worse). I will not hurt it by walking through pain or swimming. I ' m goin...

Source: Not just about cancer - October 15, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: brain metastasis breast cancer cancer blog conversations good stuff herceptin joy metastatic radiation Source Type: blogs