Michelle good morning ..my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer with liver metastasis on dec, 07, 2018 and in January 2019 he underwent surgery for right Cecal mass and in February started chemotherapy. My hero did it all, avastin bev,irinotecan, the put on pills of capecetabine, for quite a few months, then he tried oxiplatin but the neuropathy was too much so we went back to capecetabine..all through 2019/2020 and late 2021 he underwent mapping of liver then Y90 treatments to right and left lobe of liver. Then we did Lonsurf We fought together a strong battle against cancer together. We were inseparable caring and loving of each other. We came to Greece in December for what was to be a visit home again and was hospitalized for 7 days but sadly my soul mate left me in my arms…the most difficult period.
Ask questions many of them of your oncologists, what options you have and research all hospitals and even European treatments available …there are some new treatments on the horizon but only beginning.
Cancer speaks and changes language in the body it affects, and no two cases are the same. Ask ask ask questions again and again.
And I call on all here to write and flood their senators lines to fund 1 trillion dollars for cancer research. Ask them how much toxicity in chemo can they tolerate, how much suffering are they willing to handle, how many losses of life will they put up with.
The treatment CAN be found and it must. We must all raise our voices together and fight for everyone who has cancer.
With all my prayers to you and to your caregiver(s) for healing. Prayers are a part of this journey. We become more spiritual in our journey together.
May the sound minds of the doctors and research scientists all over the world unite their efforts in Finding the Cure.
With all my heartfelt love,
Yiannis