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

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    Hi Idnef,

    I am so sorry that you now find yourself in this unenviable position. Unfortunately, there is no way of telling what your friend's life expectancy is likely to be, as all cancers are individual to the person. There are many other factors that govern this too. Things such as patient's age, general health and co-morbidities. Your friend's consultant is the person who is in the best position to answer this question.

    Does your friend hae family who can ask this difficult question, or does your friend want to know? If not, perhaps she would be willing to give her consultant permission to discuss this for her?

    I hope that they can help you and that her end is as comfortable as it can be.

    We are always here for you both.
    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx