Bowel cancer advice please

Hi MrsJay

Welcome to the forum .

My mum had a right sided hemicolectomy . 
She had six rounds of chemo first and the scan report said it had significantly reduced the tumour . She could not tell herself but it had done the job !

She too found it quite tough !

Hope it’s done a great job for you though .

Court 

Hello Court, bless you for that. I feel I just need some small that if hope to cling on to at the moment. Hope your mum is making a full recovery.. Hugs to you both

Hi MrsJay!

My word! my husband's name is the same `Jay` although his proper name is James but it's what he has always been known as. Anyway, I'm hoping the MDT team can put him on FOLFOX when he sees the oncologist again. He was on CAPOX but it made him ill midway through cycle 4 and they had to stop it. He's had a spread to his pelvis and his kidney function last time was reduced slightly they will decide if he's able to go on it if his blood tests come back ok. I've heard good things about the FOLFOX so here's hoping. Take Care.

Vicky x

Sorry! It's Folfox or 5FU I think they want to try him on, don't kno if they're one and the same but I think I've heard good about both. Side effects may be a little more adverse but seemingly the treatment has a significant effect.

Hi Patty K. I have an infusion once a fortnight & that includes being sent home with a 5FU infuser pump which releases over 48 hrs then I have it removed (from my PICC line) I find the pump really annoying, especially at night, but you learn to cope with it. I had 4 rounds of FOLFOX at 100% but then they reduced it to 80% as I felt like I was having a heart attack plus the neuropathy was kicking in. Everyones different so hubby will just have to see how it goes. Best of luck & feel free to message me if there's anything you want to ask. 

Thanks. We'll find out this week if he is to go on to this or not.

Hi

I had a HAR operation to remove my sigmoid tumour but later found a tumour on my liver.After 6 rounds of Folfox my tumour had significantly reduced and after 12 rounds I AM now NED and have been sin May .I’m scanned every 3 months but so far so good.Long May it last

Take care

Macc

That's great news Macc. Long may it continue! 

Hey. I had a right Hemicolectomy in October. I have 6 rounds of Folfox. They never told me the tumor shrunk significantly but it shrunk enough to have the surgery. My Doctor did tell me the tumor which still quite large when she removed it, I have a post op appointment on the 12th so i guess i'll find out what the plan is then. Good luck to you. 

Hello & thank you DadPool40, glad you've had your op. My treatment has now been halted until I've seen a cardiologist   I hope you're recovering well & fingers crossed they've got it all. They usually want to do some sort of mop up chemo as I understand it. Look after yourself