Cyberknife?

• By RMSSyr
• Posted June 7, 2009 at 8:25 am
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I did 3 zaps with the Cyberknife. They say fatigue may occur a week or two after. I didn't even notice any fatigue.

If she is has brain mets, I believe patients will also get Decadron. The drug has side effects.
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• By Pat-M
• Posted June 7, 2009 at 2:51 pm
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I had just one treatment with stereotactic surgery last October to remove 2 small brain mets. I think it is very similar to cyberknife. The video they showed me ahead of time was far more stressful than the actual procedure. It was completely painless, except for tiny injections of novocain at my temples where they put the metal ring in place (no, they don't screw it in, they just use pressure to hold it in place!). I walked out that same day and attended a birthday party the next day. No head ache or anything. They do say that many people will have a headache or be dizzy for a little while. I was on Decadron from Oct - Dec to reduce the swelling around the tumor sites, and that was by far the worst part of my treatment. I was so wired and couldn't sleep and wasn't tapered off of them properly. I do have some fatigue, short term memory issues and "fuzziness" that have increased with time, but very mild and a small price to pay. My best to your mom!

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• By muddy
• Posted June 7, 2009 at 4:19 pm
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hi sassy --
wife, 72, nsclc, I b at last "staging", not candidate for standard surgery, recently completed 3 cyberknife sessions with virtually no problems;
sort of a "non-event". waiting for scan in month or so to evaluate effect. hope it goes as well for your mom.

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• By Sassycat
• Posted June 7, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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Thank you...Hope everything turns out well for your wife.

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• By ipek
• Posted June 8, 2009 at 6:34 am
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Dear Sassycat,
My dad 63 years old , has NSCLC (5X6 cm mass). He found out his illness because of the tumor in his brain. His doctor done cyberknife to my dad immediately. On 22nd May dad has a brain MRI and the tumor was gone. He didnt feel anything during the procedure and he didnt have any side effects.
Cyberknife is a god send operation so please do not get afraid of it.
My dad was so fatigue while he was having radio therapy. He completed 33 round of RT and now he is in remission. His tumor in his lung was 10x8 cm , now after 3 months the mass is 5x6 cm.
Please feel free to ask any question. This site helped me a lot.
Love,
Ipek.

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• By Sassycat
• Posted June 8, 2009 at 11:55 pm
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Dear Ipek
Thank you for your response. This makes me feel much better about the cyberknife. Today we took her for the first treatment and like you said it was painless. You mentioned that your dad had the cyberknife treatment on the tumor in his brain. Did they also use the cyberknife on the tumor in his lung? So far my mother's cancer is contained to the one mass in her lung. Im happy to hear your father is doing well. Gives me much hope for my mom.

Thanks
Sassycat

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• By ipek
• Posted June 9, 2009 at 4:38 am
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Dear Sassycat,
My dad's mass in his lung is inoperable and they can not use cyberknife for lung just for his brain. Dad had radiothreapy for his lung and 40 mg cisplatin chemo therapy (CT) while he was having radio therapy (RT).
He handled both very easily. He didnt have any appetite during CT and RT . Mom was preparing light foods like vegetables and soups for him. And please remember that when your mom has CT do not prepare her favorite meal, when my father get sick and mother prepared his favorite he couldnt eat them and now whenever he sees these foods he feels sick and cant eat them.
My dad started to use supplements very shortly after his diagnosis with approval of his doctor. Please ask them to your doctor I am sure she/he will choose suitable ones for your mom. We are not sure if they helped but dad was in the best condition when we go to doctor's office to have CT. Here is the list.
-LDN (Doctor doesnt believe it that it will work but he examined it, let us use it)
-Reishi and mitake mushroom pills
-Antioxidan pills (Doc started to give them after RT)
-Shark oil (200 mg per day)
-Beres drops (Hungarian multivitamins)
Sugar is permanently forbidden for dad. It is important. and your mom should avoid red meat as possible as she can. Dad is having once a week.
Do not loose your hope. You should send positive energy to your mom she needs it. It has been 4 months since my dad's diagnosis and it takes quite time to accept this situation so dont force yourself to be positive so much just try to stay positive.

Ipek.

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