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Thank you....I have been done this road before with my husband. He was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins and has been remission for 10years. With my mom everything is different. At this point chemo is not an option and like you if it spreads outside of the brain she does not want anymore treatment. Ever since the doctor told her she seems to be in hyper drive to get her things in order, including giving everything away. I had a talk withbher tonight to slow down and enjoy what ever time you have with us. Hopefully she will start thinking she can beat tge odds. thank you for listening

first time... My 69 year old mother was diagnosed with limited stage small cell back in Dec 2015. She received chemoetoposide plus cisplatin(every 3 weeks/ 3 days in a row) plus radiation in April. She was very ill during the whole process but it was successful. In June she start have issue with balance and the did a scan on her. Unfortunately, they found 17 spot and 3 tumors over 1.5 cm in her brain. They immediately did 5 rounds of whole head radiation and now we wait and see, the doctors gave her 6 months. My question is what am I to expect, currently she is the best she has since this whole thing started. is this now considered extensive stage? How long do I really have? What are things I should be watching for? Any advice is welcome