Hello Friends, My sister is two months out from her last WBRT for two large mets to the brain, she also has it in her lungs but the combo chemo drug she was on before WBRT was shrinking those, unfortunately the cough is now back again and we are worried, she had to be taken off the combo drugs before WBRT started, and to be honest the side effects from the radiation were worse than we thought, it has affected her walking and one hand is affected and also her congnitive is affected, she forgets things easy and she can get very anxious, and aggressive even at times, she is on 2000mg of Keppra so thats not helping, she is starting ipi next Friday and we are delighted with that, but speaking to her today on the phone she is totally flattened, she has no energy at all and I'm worried she will not have the strenght to deal with this new drug. She is only 49 and she is my light in a storm, Im devasted I cannot be with her each day as she lives in Queensland and I live in Europe. She is the greatest little battle soldier you can find and has am amazing husband who cares for her day and night, but I'm so worried today as her strenght was not there and what if she cannot manage the ipi, What worries me about all this is the side effects of the radiation have worn her down we never expected this, will these side effects go away or are we hoping for to much.
