Hi, I have posted one other time on this board about my mom. She was diagnosed last March with RCC. Original kidney cancer was 8 years ago and they removed the right kidney. They said cancer was encapsulated int the kidney and did no further treatment.
Now it has metastisized to lung and bones. She tried Sutent and had a bad reaction to it so they had to stop. She's been on Torisel for a few months now. But with the last scan the cancer has severly spread so they are taking her off of it. They are doing another round of radiation to help with pain, but other than that, there is nothing further they can do. Dr. basically told me (after I asked him point blank) we are looking a few months left with her. This is only his opinion by dealing with other patients and seeing her. He said this is not set in stone but it is spreading so rapidly that it doesn't look good. She is in a lot of pain all of the time.
We lost my dad August 06 and found out she had the cancer in March 07. I do see a pretty drastic change in her, especaily the last few months. She is determined to stick around for as long as she can. She is a fighter. I am just soo sad and depressed right now about it. I am very close with her and I just dont know how to handle this.
I read this board a lot and hear a lot of positive, but I just dont know how positive I can be when cancer is spreading so fast and nothing is helping to slow it down.
Thank you for listening.