Hi All, i am new here!
I am looking for some guidance / reassurance / information - i don't know really.
Back in March my partner was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer, within 6 weeks he was in for his op, tumour removed and healing well. He was put on a course of chemo (oxiplatin) as 6/15 lymph nodes taken were cancerous.
During chemo and blood tests his tumour marker within liver went up to 8, then 15 then back to 9. At this point he was asked for an urgent CT and MRI.
CT scan finally done, it has shown circa 30 lesions in his liver, a couple in lungs and abdomen too.
We are horrified he wasn't called for a CT scan sooner - that's a separate issue.
But basically they have told him they can't cure this, operate on this or provide any other treatment but chemo to manage it....
Hes 37, we are set to get married next August after the best 5 years together and I feel like my world is falling apart. My 10 year old daughter doesn't know about the latest diagnosis, she adores him and i can't bring myself to have this conversation with her at all.
Has anyone been/ or in a similar situation. Is a second opinion worth pursuing?
Are there any other treatments we should look into, if we have to pay to go private, we will.
Thank you all in advance!
