My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 1999,had her lymphnodes removed and was eventaualy in remission.Just after 5 years later,we found it metasticized to her lungs in early 2005.She had been on chemo and Herceptin for 2 years when we found it metasticized to her bones (primarily right hip) just in February.She had intense radiation and is being treated with stonger chemo,but have had problems with it lowering her white blood count.Two of the past 4 weeks of her new chemo they had to cancel it so they could give her a shot 3 days in a row to try to boost it back up.Just very recently,she’s been having headaches,diarrhea,and very pale complexion.Though it could possbily be the side effects of the stronger chemo, she had an MRI done yesterday morning but won’t find out the results until next week.My sister and I are afraid the cancer has spread to her brain,but she acts like nothing is wrong like she did just a few months ago when she knew the cancer had spread to her hip…. They could not remove the legions on her hip since the cancer was metastatic, only chemo and radiation. IF it has spread to her brain, what are the chances treatment would work? I’ve heard once cancer metasticizes to the brain it’s very hard to control. Anyone with experience/advice? My sister and I are both grown and know when our mom is lying about her being “fine”, not knowing is driving us crazy. Since breast cancer primarily spreads to the lungs, bones and brain, there is a good chance it has spread to her brain. What are her chances of beating it for the 4th time?