I thought I would share some updates on my mother. Today she finished her 7th Folfirinix session. They did a CT scan after the 6th one. It showed that the cancer hasn’t grown larger, but it hasn’t decreased either. It showed numerous small lesions in liver and lesions in both lungs.

It was somewhat surprising to me that the cancer hasn’t decreased in size, because before starting her first chemo, she had some physical signs that have disappeared with chemo. She used to have coughing attacks at nights, but these are gone. She could feel some nodes above her belly button, but these sensations have disappeared as well. Also, she hasn’t lost weight, but her belly has gone very flat. The fluid was building up in her stomach, but it hasn’t come back anymore since it was taken out. Considering all this, I was hoping that the cancer or the lesions are decreasing in size. How to explain the disappearance of these symptoms?

Also, I’m wondering if it is possible that the mucinous cancer is not that aggressive, since she has no symptoms regardless all the lesions? In august, the doctors predicted that my mother won’t make it through November. Now it’s December and she is shoveling snow like crazy, doing sports, etc.

Although she is feeling so well physically, she often seems sad. I just feel so bad for her, because every day she is mentally preparing herself and us for her death. I would be so happy, if I could find some piece of information about this condition that we could cling on and be more hopeful...