I am so worried about my mum. For 3 months she has been feeling ill. It began with a muzzy head at first, ringing in ears and slight dizziness. The last month she has been getting headaches every so often too and says she just doesn’t feel well. She doesn’t wake up with the headaches and usually feels ok in the morning but feels worse as the day goes on. She has been diagnosed with high blood pressure and at first we put all these problems down to that. She is on blood pressure tablets but her blood pressure is still up and down like a yo yo.
She had bc diagnosed in July 2006 and it was a grade 3, sentinal node was clear. She had 6 FEC and rads. She was taking Tamoxifen, switched to Arimidex and then back to Tamoxifen because it was thought that the Arimidex could be causing the high blood pressure.
I love my mum so much and I am so scared that it’s something awful 
It’s ruling my life at the moment - I go to sleep thinking about her and wake up worrying about her. She is going to her oncologist on Tuesday. She went to see him about 6 weeks ago with the same problems but he wasn’t concerned because she didn’t have headaches - but now she does.
Please could someone reply to tell me what you think. Thank you. x
Hello Louise
I’m sorry you haven’t had a reply from anyone yet. I’m not surprised that you worried and upset about your mum. Brain mets is a very frightening prospect. But the oncologist will send your mum for a brain scan if he is concerned that her symptoms might be brain mets. I went through a stage of having awful headaches last year and was given a brain scan just in case. Fortunately it came back negative and I think it was just stress. I do hope that your mum’s headaches are due to something else and not brain mets, and wish you both luck for tomorrow.
Best wishes.
Alison
Hi Louise,
So sorry to hear about your worries regarding your mum. Do give the helpline a ring and have a chat with the staff here, they’re here to support you through this. Calls to the helpline are free, 0808 800 6000, lines open M-F 9-5 and Sat 9-2.
Kind regards,
Jo, Facilitator
Thank you so much for all your kind comments. My mum had a ct scan and it came back clear 
Thank goodness.
They are putting the headaches, dizziness etc down to arimidex and blood pressure. xx
really pleased for you and your mum, fantastic news
take care
Carol xxx
Well i am glad about that news - sorry but i’ve only just seen your post. Your mum has a great daughter for sure, she is very lucky to have you
Best wishes to you and your mum
Dear Louise,
My mum currently has secondary bc in the bones and now liver. I totally understand how it can take over your life. If you use msn/yahoo send me your email address and maybe we can offer each other some support.
Love Az