Hi -
I'm confused and scared if I should asked the oncologist about my husband's prognosis. My husband has stage IV colon cancer with mets in his liver, and a partial bowel obstruction because tumors reoccured in his small intestine and are causing the blockage. My husband can't eat any solids, or even soft diets. He drinks only liquids and sometimes soup with little bit of noodles. Doctor said he can try eating soft foods, but my husband doesn't want to because he feels really bloated and feels that the food just sits there. There are even times when he doesn't want to drink because he feels it's not passing through. It's a good thing that he has the total parental nutrition so even if he's not eating he's getting some nutrition. We've been with his oncologist twice after finding out in late March of the partial obstruction, but the oncologist didn't mention anything about prognosis. Even when we first met with him. I guess each doctors are different, I'm sure if we asked he'll tell us. Last year when we first met with the oncologist, I didn't asked about the prognosis because I had hopes that things will turn out good because they were able to resect the tumor from his colon and was planning on doing the liver resection. Until we found out that more tumors grew back in his small intestine and they cancelled the liver resection. All the oncologist said was that he was sorry only chemo is the only treatment option and surgery was out of the question. And he's hoping that my husband will respond well this time was he did with is chemo last year. I've been reading alot of postings and articles about stage IV cancer patients with bowel obstructions and it seems like the life expectancy isn't long. I know I'm in denial and just don't want to admit that this is all happening to my husband. Is there any out there who has or knows anyone who has encountered this same situation and what the outcome was.