Oxy and cap chemo

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Hi oxy & cap didn’t work so well for me as my mets still returned are there other chemos that I could ask my onclogist about ? I had colorectal cancer with mets to lung and liver treated by operations and ablation .. thank you xx

  • https://bowelcancerorguk.s3.amazonaws.com/Publications/TreatingAdvancedBowelCancer_BowelCancerUK.pdf

    This booklet gives all the different chemo combinations that oncologist have at their disposal!

    Although my mum’s cancer returned after chemo it still had a role to play in reducing its size before each liver resection ! I think surgery is the best to eliminate microdisease but my understanding is the chemo can bring about the stability or shrinkage that allows other treatments to be used in combination !

    We always thought of it as a stepping stone ! Just the way we processed it ! 

    Take care ,

    Court 

    Helpline Number 0808 808 0000

  • Ahhh thanks court I wonder if today he will suggest a different chemo as I think lung op will still go ahead but today hopefully is to discuss the uptake on liver and the tiny bowel inflammation which pet showed up … am so terrified there’s going to be no more treatment but as you know I’ve no mutation … papworth nurse did say lung op can go ahead but onclogist needs to see me first oh the stress today … taking hubby in case bad news! Overthinking hey … I can’t find you previous messages when I joined this week they were reassuring 

    Molly x was Hattie 50

  • Actually yes it worked on primary shrinking it but onclogist said as mets returned it didn’t seem fair to put me through it again as mop up after my liver resection but am sure I could try something else which may just help !! 
    mollyf

  • If you click on your user name it takes you to your homepage ! Click “activity “ and it will give you all the previous messages ! You need to scroll to the bottom of the page and all the older ones pop up !

    My mum used the same chemo twice just to achieve stability! 
    I think you have a good grasp of what they will want to talk about ! They will want to give you a treatment plan that pulls everything back under control !

    Thats positive they want to do the lung treatment ! But they may want additional measures too !

    These meetings are tough for sure but sounds as though you have a good team around you !

    Take care ,

    Court 

    Helpline Number 0808 808 0000

  • Thanks court am sure that’s all they want me for lung nurse did make it clear the op was still an option but your right while there’s other things going on they do need to discuss it with me and come up with a plan I think during covid he always rung me but now it’s face to face again I’ve convinced myself it’s bad x