Q&A: What is the standard course that metastatic brain cancer takes?
Question by joe friday’s grrl: What is the common course that metastatic brain cancer takes?
An old high school friend lately informed me that he’s been dealing with metastatic brain cancer for the past two years. He’s had two surgeries to get rid of tumors. Therefore far, he says he’s lost sensation in one hand, and can get dizzy a lot, but that’s it. I know little about cancer, so was surprised to hear him say he’s had no discomfort. He’s nonetheless as sharp and witty as ever. Is this typical? I’d constantly believed metastatic cancer was a terrible and speedy death sentence.
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Answer by thinkingtime
There are no discomfort nerves in the brain, so it is easier to live with.
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The brain cannot feel pain, so many forms of brain cancer do not cause pain. However, the cancerous tumors can grow too large and cause pressure on blood vessels, causing headaches. Brain cancer is best treated with chemotherapy and surgery, under a doctor’s care. Some research has also found that foods such as vanilla can help to fight cancer in some cases.
Nope, not anymore.
Young people have better then 50/50 survival rates for brain tumors these days. Although, the rates among elderly patients are still quite bleak.
And as other have said, there ussualy is not direct pain associtated with brain tumors, with the exception of headaches. But not everyone would get them.
Well, if the cancer has matastasized TO the brain, it’s stage 4 and considered…usually, terminal. There are exceptions to every rule, however. Look at Lance Armstrong. Brain cancer doesn’t travel to other organs, unless it maybe starts in brain stem and THAT would be terminal.
I’m pretty much the same as I ever was, aside from minor balance issues and I’m more scatterbrained than before.
I actually had a numbing pain from my neck to my fingertips on the side my tumor was on. I just put it down to an old shoulder injury/pinched nerve pain.