Hi, I've had stage 4 melanoma for two years, all was under control until I suddenly became very ill in July and multiple brain mets were found. Thankfully the whole brain radiotherapy that they tried as a last resort has worked, the mets have shrank in size and I'm not feeling unwell at all!
We have a holiday booked to Iceland in February, the consultant said she isn't going to tell me not to go on holiday as I need to live my life but she did say there could be side effects like headaches on the plane. I have another appointment with her for the results of my latest brain MRI at the beginning of January so I'm going to discuss this again with her then.
I just wondered if anyone had experience of this personally and had any side effects or illness while flying? I'm 50-50 at the moment as to whether we should go so just trying to get lots of info from all directions!
Thank you.
Hi Alibobs
That's great to read that the brain mets have shrunk considerably in size and a holiday to Iceland sounds fantastic. I haven't been but have two sets of friends who have and they say the scenery is stunning.
I also don't have any experience of flying with brain mets so did a search in the group to see if anyone else has mentioned it. Unfortunately, I drew a blank but, of course, there could be others in the group who have flown but just not posted about it.
I think having a further chat with the consultant is a sensible idea.
Anne
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
