On 1/3/2006 Need2hope143 wrote:
My husband has colon cancer that went to his liver. He has had surgery to remove part of his colon, he is on chemotherapy to shrink the 2 tumors in his liver so he can have surgery to remove them from his liver. He is so sick with the chemo. He gets it every 2 weeks. Starts on a Wed and ends on a Fri. then he is sick for a least a week. We went to Boston for a consult and it was awful. He was told that he would live 1 year without treatment and 2 years with treatment. There was no cure. Is there anyone out there that has this? How are you doing? How long have you had it? I was hopeful till we went to Boston. His chemo is 5FU, Leucovorin, Oxiplatin. (Folfax 6). He cannot take Avastin yet because he is still slowly healing from his surgery. He takes Reglan and Ativan for his nausea which has helped with the vomiting, but he cannot eat. He continues to loose weight. After the Boston visit, he is thinking of stopping chemo because he is so sick with it. Does anyone who has this type of cancer have anything hopeful to tell me?
Do you have an update on your husband's health? My father was just diagnosed with tumors in his colon and spots on his liver. He goes in for a PET scan tomorrow so we can find out if it has spread. He will definitely need surgery on his colon and liver and also chemo. He's 68 years old so it will be pretty tough on him physically, even though he is really in pretty good shape (lean and excercises every day and eats healthy).