hi guys,
wishing everyone’s health and happiness. I wanted to give a bit of background so maybe I can get some help. My dad had some pain in his side last April. He’s a very healthy 71 year old - active and fit and never even been sick before. Perhaps the odd cold. Then he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in May. A shock. We were put onto a chemo path of - fluorouracil, folinic acid
On 13 November we had CT results back which showed that the cancer had spread. It had gone to the liver and to the lung. He had metals of 2cm.
We moved onto a new chemo - cetuximab and encorafinib started on 27 November 2024. This didn’t work either as the mets grew to 4cm. The mets in his liver are the biggest worry as they’re caused him significant pain and no quality of life.
Has anyone else had stage 4 colon cancer spread to the liver? Why isn’t it working? Has chemo worked for everyone else? Is liver ablation an option? I will try everything and anything honestly!! I really will. I cannot lose my dad so soon.
The team are looking to change to a third line of chemo called Oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and folinic acid. Before this I just wanted to post on here and see if anything else might work for us before we dive into a new chemo. Thanks for reading. Please help if you can xx
