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metastatic melanoma

redbaron0511
redbaron0511 CSN Member Posts: 1
edited March 2014 in Brain Cancer #1
I have recently been diagnosed w/metastatic melanoma, that started on my right back, moved to left shoulder, right lung and now brain. I will be having brain surgery this week, then radiation and then the chemo will start. can anybody tell me what to expect from the radiation?
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  • Beckymarie
    Beckymarie CSN Member Posts: 357
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    radiation
    In part I think it depends where you receive the radiation. My husband had a primary brain tumor and that is where the radiation was focused. Fatigue was his main symptom. This did resolve but took quite a while. Other symptoms like headaches, nausea were addressed with steroids. Everyone is different. We knew a young man in our town who had the same tumor as my husband and received the same treatment who had very minimal side effects. Best of luck, you are in my thoughts.
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