Suspected brain mets -- double vision -- help!

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siisis
siisis Member Posts: 15
edited June 2014 in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned


Hi everyone,


A routine trip to the eye doctor has thrown me into despair. I am triple position, 5 years out. Started having problems with distance-related double vision a few years ago which has become suddenly worse. Doctor says I must have an MRI because these symptoms could be the result of a brain tumor. Very frightening because my targeted therapy, herception, cannot penetrate the blood/brain barrier, such that her2+++ cancers often metastasize to the brain. Does anyone have any experience with similar symptoms?? Would brain mets cause more symptoms than these? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited October 2013


    Siisis, I don't have any info for you, but I wanted to send good wishes. I hope whatever is causing this turns out to be something benign and easily treatable.


    Leah

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  • siisis
    siisis Member Posts: 15
    edited October 2013


    How kind of you to reply, Leah. I see you are almost at your 5 year mark, too!!! Let's cross all fingers and toes for us both.

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  • siisis
    siisis Member Posts: 15
    edited October 2013


    It's Tuesday morning, and yesterday I received a call from the radiologist saying that the contents of my brain cavity were "entirely unremarkable." I think that's the first time that being told anything of mine was "unremarkable", much less "entirely unremarkable", made me jump for joy!! Thank you all for your kind words -- and let's continue to believe that our cancer diagnosis does not define us.

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  • ablydec
    ablydec Member Posts: 124
    edited October 2013


    siisis,


    I am so glad to see your good news. I'm lurking around this thread because I'm in the home stretch of a treatment that looks just like yours (TC-H, for triple positive), and just starting to worry about every little ache and pain. (For example my back is starting to hurt, but I also realize I have been carrying a growing-heavy special needs child who had hip surgery, so that COULD be the reason, right?) I see that you are five years out, which is great. Let it be 50!

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited October 2013


    Ha! Good for you for having a boring brain ;)

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