Bowel cancer and secondary liver

Hi Soo7 

Its so hard to comprehend at the beginning but a big welcome to the forum and hope we can support you both .

My mum had a spread to her liver at diagnosis and I struggled with the aspect of no surgery . However chemo did a great job at stabilising the disease and actually shrank it in my mum’s situation to allow her to get to surgery . Unlike some other primary cancers , bowel cancer spread to the liver still has may treatment options and I now credit chemo having a big role to play to getting my mum where she is today . Fifteen years after diagnosis. I know not everyone has this outcome but a subgroup of patients still do well on treatment despite a difficult diagnosis.

Did he get this diagnosis on the phone ? It’s a change since covid where the consultant used to be the first to tell you and answer all the relevant questions and explain the process of treatment going forward .

I will link in a good booklet which you might find helpful .

Take care ,

Court 

https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-cancer/advanced-bowel-cancer/treating-advanced-bowel-cancer/

This gives a good overview of possible treatment pathways and approaches .

Court 

Thankyou so much for replying we are going to see the consultant on the 1st August I rang the nurse as my husband was in so much pain and she asked if we wanted the results we probably should have waited as we weren’t in a good position to handle them 

I’m so happy for your mum and I will have a look at the booklet 

Did he get some guidance for managing the pain ?

Nearly everyone with a spread goes straight to chemo but it may very well be a small spread with options after chemo . 
It’s hard to hear it like that but now you have you can equip yourself with questions . 
Take care ,

Court 

Thanks yes he’s got some slow release strong painkillers he’s trying to do a few normal things