Hi,
My mom has Stage 4 rectal cancer, spread to her lungs last fall. We now have 3 well-respected surgeons willing to do surgery to remove 11 nodules from both sides of her lungs. But other docs say there are no studies that show that it will help prolong her life and at least one oncologist said she would not have her mother go through the surgery.
Our family is wrestling with what to do. We don't want her to suffer needless pain from the surgery but we want every possible chance at saving her. She has two new grandbabies.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation and decided to go for surgery? Some doctors are surprised to hear the surgeons are willing to operate. Do surgeons just want to cut? Why are we getting such different answers from different doctors?
My mom is on Xeloda and Avastin, which have greatly improved her quality of life.
Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Su