sending many prayers, I have no experience in mets but I know others will chime in.
hugs,
Annette

sending many prayers, I have no experience in mets but I know others will chime in.
hugs,
Annette

sending many prayers, I have no experience in mets but I know others will chime in.
hugs,
Annette

sending many prayers, I have no experience in mets but I know others will chime in.
hugs,
Annette

sending many prayers, I have no experience in mets but I know others will chime in.
hugs,
Annette

Thanks Annette, he is down for a lung biopsies now and latter a bone scan.

Hi Hon!

My husband has metastises in both lungs and the brain. The lung mets showed up in 2009, and in the brain this past June. The end of June, they did Gamma Knife radiation on the brain tumors. As of six weeks ago, they'd shrunk by 40%. Another brain MRI will be done next Monday, and we'll know the results on Wednesday. We're praying for evenn more shrinkage. The neurosurgeon told us that the radiation continues to work for up to a year.

There are many wonderful chemo drugs for lung mets. My husband tried Sutent, but his body couldn't handle it. Never-the-less, the lung mets have changed very little since 1009.

Keep the faith, and know that the oncologist will be able to offer treatments that will help your husband.

Don't hesitate to contact me, if I can help you in any way.

Love from SC,
Ingrid

Just wanted you to know I'm thinking of you and sending strength, love and hugs to you.

Thank you for the info on the Gamma knife. We are waiting for the radiation oncologist to come in to discuss options. His headaches are so much better with the pain meds and he's so restless to get out of the hospital. Thanks for giving me some hope.

There is always hope, Darlin!. Gamma Knife only goes to the tumors and a small amount of healthy tissue around them. Gamma Knife can be used over and over, as needed. Also, this procedure is one treatment. Whole brain radiation can only be done once, and kills good tissue as well as tumors, and takes daily treatments for many weeks. Sure they'll explain all that to y'all.

Message me anytime!!!!

My prayers,
Ingrid

I just wanted to add my support to all the rest. I know you are so scared.. My prayers will be with both of you..

Hugs,
Rachel

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Don came home this afternoon and is doing well almost normal with his pain meds. The radiologist oncologist came to see us before we left and told us the only choice we had was whole brain radiation. He told us that radiation doesn't work well for RCC brain mets. We then asked him about gamma knife and he told us they don't do that Loma Linda Medical Center they have Proton but he has too many mets for that(5). He also said that gamma knife only does up to 4. My daughter who works at Loma Linda and has worked at Oncology/Hematology Dept. had people she had worked with and said they had heard of good results with gamma knife and they have done up to 20 mets so we will be seeing the people at the gamma facility on Monday for a consult then our oncologist on Tues so we can formulate a plan. Then we have to deal with the lung met. I am not ready to loose him, we've been married for 37 years 2 daughters 2 great son-in-laws and 4 young grandchildren that love their poppy immensely and I thought at our age 56&63 we could enjoy this time in our life. That's feeling sorry for myself we have been so lucky to have the life we had but I can't imagine not having him in my life. Thanks for listening. Kaye

Hi Kaye,

So happy that Don is back at home with you. I believe they will be able to do the Gamma Knife. After one month, Ray's shrunk by 50%. It keeps working for up to a year. Does Don only have one lung met? When Ray's were discovered, he had several in each lung...so was not a candidate for surgery. His have grown and multiplied, over the years, but very slowly. Praise God!

When is your appointment with the Gamma people? I'll be anxious to hear what they have to say.

Hang in there, Hon!

Love, Ingrid

Hi Ingrid,
They first said one then they said two so I'm not sure. We have a consult on Monday with Gamma people, and meet with our Oncologist on Tues. I'm hoping he wont be mad we bypassed him and contacted the Gamma doctors before seeing him. It finally hit Don last night and he go depressed, I knew it would he had been handling it too well. So we went to our daughters and our other daughter and her family came over and the grandkids and he was laughing for a while.
Kaye

Kaye, sending much luv and prayers from Texas for you, Don and your family. I know Monday and Tuesday can't get here soon enough..

Please let us know as I know you will.

hugs,
Annette