Colon cancer removed but not before it became 2ndary in the LIVER

Hi, I have been reading thru the messages and thought surely someone can help us...what should we do, where should we go, who do you trust, how do you explain to your parents that the drs. dont have their best interest at heart.  My sister and I feel it would be best if mom would let us take her to CTCA in Tulsa...she had a cancer tumor removed from her colon, before having a PET scan done, against the performing surgeons and ours request because her family doctor and his friend the main doctor said the scan wasn't important... now after 2-3 mths of chemo and she wasn't doing any better, they found that the cancer count was elevated and agian instead of a PET they did a CAT and said that their is something in her liver, two spots, she is now going in to do a PET this monday.  The Drs. have told her if the cancer has spread to her other organs that there isn't anything they can do and that they are not wanting to remove the spots on her liver even if they are canerous...does any of this sound correct.  I feel like they have written her off...she is taken chemo once a week, a shot for the side effects, and an overnight bag full of prescriptions...she has started having hallucinations seeing "snakes" and when I told the family doctor of this he said it is normal!  Wouldnt even consider that maybe there is a drug or comination of the drugs is giving her an allergic reaction.  He told my mom that it was her age and normal...she is 62.  Can someone please help me understand what I can do for my mom.  She is also a diabetic, that doesnt follow the rules, partly due to a mild stroke that has left her to think as a child at times.  So we have to watch her diet, but  we cannot be with her everyday all day long and our dad is trying his best with her.  This last scare of not getting any treatments because the diabetes is so high straighten her out for a while.  I am looking forward to hearing from anyone...about these ailments, the hospital, doctors, a diabetic meal plan with 2,000 calories a day, any help at all...  Thank you

 

On 6/14/2008 blondie26 wrote:

Hi, I have been reading thru the messages and thought surely someone can help us...what should we do, where should we go, who do you trust, how do you explain to your parents that the drs. dont have their best interest at heart.  My sister and I feel it would be best if mom would let us take her to CTCA in Tulsa...she had a cancer tumor removed from her colon, before having a PET scan done, against the performing surgeons and ours request because her family doctor and his friend the main doctor said the scan wasn't important... now after 2-3 mths of chemo and she wasn't doing any better, they found that the cancer count was elevated and agian instead of a PET they did a CAT and said that their is something in her liver, two spots, she is now going in to do a PET this monday.  The Drs. have told her if the cancer has spread to her other organs that there isn't anything they can do and that they are not wanting to remove the spots on her liver even if they are canerous...does any of this sound correct.  I feel like they have written her off...she is taken chemo once a week, a shot for the side effects, and an overnight bag full of prescriptions...she has started having hallucinations seeing "snakes" and when I told the family doctor of this he said it is normal!  Wouldnt even consider that maybe there is a drug or comination of the drugs is giving her an allergic reaction.  He told my mom that it was her age and normal...she is 62.  Can someone please help me understand what I can do for my mom.  She is also a diabetic, that doesnt follow the rules, partly due to a mild stroke that has left her to think as a child at times.  So we have to watch her diet, but  we cannot be with her everyday all day long and our dad is trying his best with her.  This last scare of not getting any treatments because the diabetes is so high straighten her out for a while.  I am looking forward to hearing from anyone...about these ailments, the hospital, doctors, a diabetic meal plan with 2,000 calories a day, any help at all...  Thank you

 Hi Blondie, I would get a second opinion now. There is hope as I beat this. I don't want to give my answers to your questions above as each person is different. Best wishes.

dump her doctors, I have the same cancer, and also find a lawyer...it sounds like medical negligence to me.

my husband's colon cancer has met. to the liver. Don't give up. We are looking everywhere for some kind of treatment. Chemo didn't work on all the tumors in the liver. Now we wait for something different. We were told when there are numeous tumors in the liver they don't take them out. We haven't given up we will keep "bugging" the drs. and search out more treatment. Pappy