What Brain Tumor Patients Should Know about Radiation Therapy

[@patricejohnson3470]

My mom has Stage 4 Breast Cancer that metastasized to her lymph nodes, liver, and bones. It was maintained with chemo every month for a year. Then early this year doctors confirmed it also spread to her brain. She had 5 radiation treatments in one week due to the severity of little tumors. After the 4th treatment she had a panic attack or silent seizure and things just continued to go down hill from there. Her mobility slowly shut down, had hospital visits because she stopped having bowel movements. Hospital had her bedridden without actual food for weeks only IV liquids. Causing major delay for her chemo and radiation treatments. Once we took her out of hospital, her chemo docs said nothing could be done now, put her on hospice. By then she could only move her face and neck. Now her jaw is locked and docs say food or iv liquids wont elongate her life. I dont want her to feel she’s starving or feel pain especially now. I wouldn’t wish this evil on my worst enemy. My mom didn’t deserve this hard life. Ppl cancer caught late acts as a demonic plague on your body. And if treatments don’t cure it right away, or stabilizes it, it may speed up the downfall. whether chemo or surgery gets rid of the cancer or not. Please be aware that it can come back! And aggressively, or spread to the brain for months before your doctor even notices. Exercise and eat clean early on, get ride of stress. Cancer loves sugar and stagnate bodies. Many chemo treatments don’t target the brain so its missed. Advocate for yourself because for some doctors you are just more money in their pockets or a lost cause due to your stage of cancer.

[@mattscott6591]

I have dry itchy red scalp too

[@collettebrynes1075]

I choose not to have radiation but a surgical option which has been successful all my Tumor is removed

[@radnukespeoplesminds]

I did surgery with just a touch of gamma knife but my tumor came back

[@azebghbrehawariate4695]

Why my stomack hart after the redation?

[@azebghbrehawariate4695]

I had stomach and my back pain how

[@alemracdiego8125]

Can radiation cause dry and itchy scalp only my right side has an effect?I tried several dermatologist

[@azebghbrehawariate4695]

I did redation brain not stomach

[@azebghbrehawariate4695]

Plese teal the truth pleseeer

[@angiep10]

How are you doing now?