Brain mets from breast cancer

I wonder if anyone can share their experiences. My mum has recently been diagnosed with multiple brain mets - she had breast cancer in 2014 for which she had a radical bilateral mastectomies and chemo and radiotherapy - she then had a recurrence in March 17 and we found out it had spread to her adrenal gland and nodes in her chest - she had just finished chemo and is having 3 weekly herceptin injections when she was rushed to hospital and we found out that it had spread to her brain. I am absolutely devastated and feel so hopeless / they have offered her 5 sessions of radiotherapy to control her symptoms but told her prognosis is poor. If anyone has experienced anything similar and would be prepared to share that experience I would so grateful as I feel so hopeless xx

Parents
  • Been through something similar. My Mum went to hospital on in Feb with severe headache, she was diagnosed with brain mets and we later found the primary was bowel and adrenal gland. She had surgery for bowel blockage and recovered from that quickly. She had got the all clear from breast cancer in June 2016 so it was a new primary. They controlled it with steroids and she started the radio therapy but deteriorated very quickly, she went from managing fine to passing away in less than a week; she was only in hospital one night. I am thankful for no pain, no confusion, no suffering; right up until the end she was determined. I miss her more every day - my advice - spend as much time as possible with her and be there, take pictures and never forget to tell her how much you love her.
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  • Been through something similar. My Mum went to hospital on in Feb with severe headache, she was diagnosed with brain mets and we later found the primary was bowel and adrenal gland. She had surgery for bowel blockage and recovered from that quickly. She had got the all clear from breast cancer in June 2016 so it was a new primary. They controlled it with steroids and she started the radio therapy but deteriorated very quickly, she went from managing fine to passing away in less than a week; she was only in hospital one night. I am thankful for no pain, no confusion, no suffering; right up until the end she was determined. I miss her more every day - my advice - spend as much time as possible with her and be there, take pictures and never forget to tell her how much you love her.
Children
  • Hi, I am in almost exactly the same situation my mum has headaches for two weeks, after lots of hospital and go visits had ct scans and she has lung and brain Mets. She’s on steroids to shrink swelling and her symptoms nearly gone, now two weeks down the line she’s acting a bit odd again, and tremors in hands. She was in so much pain before diagnosis and delirious I’m just wanting advice. We have had mri and pet scan and biopsy these past two weeks and waiting on results. I’m so sorry for your loss of your mum xxx