My mother was diagnosed with Colon Cancer last October, had surgery but then choose to use a holistic treatment when chemo was having very bad reactions. When she was first diagnosed they found it spread to the lymph nodes in her neck but they went away with the treatment. Now this week she had stroke like symptoms and was found to have masses in her brain. She is 80 but has started radiation and seems to be getting her speach and motor skills back little by little. She is still in the first session of radiation with two to follow.
I know that the out look is not good but what can we expect? Will the radiation shrink the masses enough to give her a quality existance? And for how long?
I am sure that her doctors have given her information but I don't live there and am getting it second hand.
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Colon Cancer metastasized to the brain
- By akron12stepper
- Posted October 2, 2009 at 9:48 pm · 1 reply
- In Colon cancer
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- By trickajane
- Posted October 4, 2009 at 3:52 am
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my dad had this, he did whole brain 2 times, it did stop them from growing and it added a few months of much need months with us , but, it did make it to where he could not wlak or remeber things at times, and then al the suden he would snap into memory, hope you can vist and be with this person, my dad also took minerl chinese chi and cottage cheese and flax oil each day and milk thistle, he was to die in a week when they first found the masses and he lived4 extra months, we ar epraying for you and family right now
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