CancerCompass message board discussion started by XPRESS on 3/11/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,21880,0.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I was diagnosed with ppc stage 3 in january 2005-  after surgery and chemo...i was in remission for 2 1/2 years.After months of sickness (headaches, nausea, loss of balance) and being treated for sinus and ear infection....the doctor finally sent me for an mri of the brain on october 11,2007.  I ended up in the emergency room and the following day and had emergency brain surgery to remove a tumor from my cerebellum.  The surgeon said that if i had waited one more day, i wouldn't be here.  I had 20 sessions of whole brain radiation...to date, i'm still extremely fatigued and have lost 15 pounds.  I also lost most of the hearing in my right ear, and had a tube inserted  to correct this problem.From what i've read about distant recurrence...my chances are not good...any comments or feedback on this?I'm writing to make women aware of why a ca-125 can start to rise.  My original cancer metastisized to the brain..it took months for this tumor to grow.Has anyone else experienced this type of reaccurence?  XPRESS Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  Thank you for sharing.  I have this disease also and even though I have had every other part of my body scaned I have not had a brain scan done yet.  I have not had any symptoms but I will be sure to have one before I finish treatment.  Shelley64 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT