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Tag Archives: Brain Lesion
I Didn’t Get a Crystal Ball
November 3, 2018 The past 6 weeks have been a whirlwind of diagnostic MRIs and CTs, surgery to remove one metastatic tumor from my brain and decide what to do with the second one. The hardest part of this is … Continue reading →
Posted in Chemo, Diagnosis, Radiation, Surgery, Treatment
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Tagged Angry Shitty Cancer, Brain Lesion, Brain Lesions, Brain Metastases, brain MRI, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumors, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Blog, breast lump, breast surgery, Cancer, Cancer Blog, cancer patient, Cancer Sucks, cancer treatment, claustrophobia, claustrophobic, CT, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Head CT, HER2+, I didn't know I had cancer yet, Mask, mesh plastic mask, Metastatic, metastatic cancer, metasteses, MRI, No Cancer Involved, Not the Good Cancer, Radiation, Radiation Dry Run, Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Oncology, radiation planning, Radiation Plans, Radiation Tech, Radiation Technicians, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, thermoplastic mask, tumor, tumors
1 Month Post-Op – Brain Surgery
November 2, 2018 I am now 4 weeks post-op from having the larger of the two metastatic brain tumors removed from the back of my head. I have one spot on my incision that isn’t done healing as well as … Continue reading →
Posted in Radiation, Surgery, Treatment
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Tagged American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Road to Recovery, Brain Lesion, Brain Lesions, Brain Metastases, brain MRI, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumors, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Blog, Cancer, Cancer Blog, cancer patient, Cancer Sucks, cancer treatment, driving, healing, incision, lifting restrictions, Mask, mesh plastic mask, Metastatic, metastatic cancer, metasteses, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery, not driving, post-op, post-operative, post-surgery, Radiation, Radiation Dry Run, Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Oncology, radiation planning, Radiation Plans, Radiation Tech, restrictions, Rides to Cancer-related Appointments, Road to Recovery, surgeon, Surgery
Recovery from Brain Surgery
October 1-24 2018 I am now 3 weeks post-op from having a metastatic brain tumor removed from the back of my brain. I’ve been working since about the 4th day after surgery. My incision is healing nicely. My vision’s not … Continue reading →
Posted in Milestones, Surgery, Uncategorized
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Tagged 3 weeks post-op, blurry vision, Brain Lesion, Brain Lesions, Brain Metastases, brain MRI, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumors, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Blog, can't read, Cancer, Cancer Blog, cancer patient, Cancer Staging, Cancer Sucks, cancer treatment, eyes, I have cancer, lifting restrictions, metastatic cancer, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery, no peripheral vision, peripheral vision, post-op, post-operative, post-surgery, Reading, recovery, restrictions, Surgery, Surgical Recovery, vision, vision changes
My Unbucket List
October 31, 2018 I was thinking the past couple of days about my bucket list. Then, for some weird reason, I started thinking about the things I don’t have to worry about doing if I believe the statistics. I won’t … Continue reading →
Posted in End of Life, The Not Cancer Part
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Tagged Angry Shitty Cancer, Brain Lesion, Brain Metastases, brain MRI, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumors, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Blog, Cancer, Cancer Blog, cancer patient, Cancer Sucks, cancer treatment, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Metastatic, metastatic cancer, metasteses, Nope Not Doing It, Not the Good Cancer, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, When Cancer's not enough
The Brain Radiation Plan
October 24, 2018 I had an appointment with the Radiation Oncologist for my brain today. The plan is to radiate the 2nd tumor. She’ll be talking with my Oncologist about the targeted chemo to make sure that it’s crossing the … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, Milestones, Radiation, Treatment, Uncategorized
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Tagged Angry Shitty Cancer, blurry vision, brain injured, brain injury, Brain Lesion, Brain Lesions, Brain Metastases, brain MRI, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumors, breast cancer, Cancer, Cancer Blog, cancer patient, Cancer Staging, Cancer Sucks, cancer treatment, I have cancer, metastatic cancer, My brain's not working, no peripheral vision, Not the Good Cancer, peripheral vision, pre-radiation, Radiation, Radiation Dry Run, Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Oncology, radiation planning, Radiation Plans, Radiation Tech, Radiation Technicians, Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), Traumatic Brain Injury, Treatment, Treatment Plans, treatments, vision, vision changes, Visual Fields, Visual Fields Test
Brain Radiation
November 1, 2018 I had to have a new MRI and a CT scan on my head in the past week to do radiation planning. On Tuesday, they did a run through of the plan and I got my first … Continue reading →
Posted in Milestones, Radiation, Treatment, Uncategorized
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Tagged Angry Shitty Cancer, blurry vision, brain injured, brain injury, Brain Lesion, Brain Lesions, Brain Metastases, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumors, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Blog, Cancer, Cancer Blog, cancer patient, Cancer Sucks, cancer treatment, I have cancer, Mask, mesh plastic mask, Metastatic, metastatic cancer, metasteses, My brain's not working, no peripheral vision, peripheral vision, post-radiation, Radiation, Radiation Dry Run, Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Oncology, radiation planning, Radiation Plans, Radiation Tech, Radiation Technicians, Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), thermoplastic mask, Traumatic Brain Injury, vision, vision changes, Visual Fields, Visual Fields Test
The Brain Surgery
The pre-surgical appointments all got done and are out of the way. I know pretty much what to expect at this point. The Visual Fields Test was sort of revealing to me. My peripheral vision is worse than I thought, … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, Milestones, Surgery, Treatment
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Tagged blurry vision, Brain Lesion, Brain Lesions, Brain Metastases, brain MRI, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumors, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Blog, Cancer, Cancer Blog, Cancer Staging, Cancer Sucks, cancer treatment, Metastatic, metastatic cancer, metasteses, Neuro, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery, no peripheral vision, peripheral vision, post-surgery, Stage 4, Stage IV, Stages, Staging, surgeon, Surgery, Surgery Prep, Surgery Preparation, surgical options, tumor, tumors, vision, vision changes
Neurosurgery Appointment
September 21, 2018 I had an appointment with a neurosurgeon at 7:15 am this morning. The scheduling was more for him than me because he’ll be away for the next week. That gives me enough time to do all the … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, Milestones, Surgery, Treatment
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Tagged Brain Lesion, Brain Lesions, Brain Metastases, brain MRI, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumors, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Blog, Cancer, Cancer Blog, Cancer Staging, Cancer Sucks, cancer treatment, Chemo Brain, chemobrain, lesions, Metastatic, metastatic cancer, metasteses, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery, Surgery
That Went to Hell Fast
September 20, 2018 My regular Oncologist is out of town at a conference, so the Radiation Oncologist is keeping tabs on the MRI results this afternoon. She told me that if I hadn’t heard from her by 4:30 pm to … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, Milestones, Radiation, Surgery, Treatment, Uncategorized
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Tagged blurry vision, brain injury, Brain Lesion, Brain Lesions, Brain Metastases, brain MRI, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumors, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Blog, Cancer, Cancer Blog, cancer centers, cancer patient, Cancer Staging, Cancer Sucks, cancer treatment, dexamethasone, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, I have cancer, Metastatic, metastatic cancer, metasteses, MRI, My brain's not working, Neuro, neuropathy, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery, no peripheral vision, Occipital Lobe, Parietal Lobe, peripheral vision, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, steroids, Treatment, Treatment Plans, treatments, tumor, tumors, vision, vision changes, Visual Fields, Visual Fields Test, When Cancer's not enough
