My wife of forty years was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer with met to the liver in December. She had emergency surgery to remove a ruptured tumor in her colon and then began chemo for inoperable liver tumors on both lobes.
The prognosis was grim so we sought a second opinion from a world renowned cancer hospital about 400 miles away. The liver surgeon at that hospital asked for more scans after 8 weeks of chemo. If he sees a reduction in tumor size (which he believes will happen) he plans to do ‘curitive’ surgery. If he doesn’t like what he sees he plans to install a Hepatic Arterial Infusion Pump to direct another 8 weeks of chemo to her liver. If that doesn’t work he plans to do a living donor partial transplant from one of our kids.
So… we are much more optimistic than we were before the second opinion. That hope alone is a very powerful drug and my wife is now focused on diet and exercise which in itself is very helpful.
I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer with "innumerable" mets to the liver (in both lobes, inoperable) in July of 2022. 30+ rounds of chemo later and one surgery to remove part of my colon and I'm still here. I have a wonderful life. Painful and tiring much of the time? Yes. But still wonderful. Educate yourself, pursue physical and mental healing, and do what you can to change your odds.of survival. They are still crappy odds, but not impossible.
30 months is very encouraging!!! Mine has resurfaced in my vaginal cuff and pelvic lymph nodes, also inoperable. May I ask if yours was right side or left side colon cancer? My doctor seems determined for me to live but did not look hopeful when I asked about getting to see my son graduate college in 4 years. It is my hope and prayers to get there. What have you been doing to buy you more time? I would love to increase my chances. Thank you for your encouragement!
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My wife of forty years was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer with met to the liver in December. She had emergency surgery to remove a ruptured tumor in her colon and then began chemo for inoperable liver tumors on both lobes.
The prognosis was grim so we sought a second opinion from a world renowned cancer hospital about 400 miles away. The liver surgeon at that hospital asked for more scans after 8 weeks of chemo. If he sees a reduction in tumor size (which he believes will happen) he plans to do ‘curitive’ surgery. If he doesn’t like what he sees he plans to install a Hepatic Arterial Infusion Pump to direct another 8 weeks of chemo to her liver. If that doesn’t work he plans to do a living donor partial transplant from one of our kids.
So… we are much more optimistic than we were before the second opinion. That hope alone is a very powerful drug and my wife is now focused on diet and exercise which in itself is very helpful.
My prayers for a full recovery are with you.
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30 months is very encouraging!!! Mine has resurfaced in my vaginal cuff and pelvic lymph nodes, also inoperable. May I ask if yours was right side or left side colon cancer? My doctor seems determined for me to live but did not look hopeful when I asked about getting to see my son graduate college in 4 years. It is my hope and prayers to get there. What have you been doing to buy you more time? I would love to increase my chances. Thank you for your encouragement!