In November I was told I had bowel cancer but then I had to have a ct scan which showed that it had spread to my liver and lungs. To be told that at 51 is devastating as I had had breast cancer 5 years previous. I am now on chemo and having a infusion every 3 weeks to see if it shrinks and now I have been told I can have another drug to stop it spreading elsewhere.
Hi Charlie40a
Welcome to the forum although I am very said to read about your situation ,
If you click on my user name you can read how my mum’s treatment worked out for both a spread to the liver and the lung although at separate times . Chemo actually did a powerful job for her and opened up other treatments / approaches. 12 1/2 years later she is still doing well . Despite a difficult diagnosis/prognosis there is a subgroup of patients who continue to respond well to treatments and it becomes more of a chronic condition with scans and interventions/treatments as required . Bowel cancer compared to some other primaries have a lot of different treatment options .
Great you are getting another agent added in . That was not even approved when my mum was diagnosed. Initially until they see how you respond as an individual it is all very negative in terms of prognosis but once they get more information on how you are responding it sometimes changes so it’s not totally without hope . But it does mean uncertainty and that requires a lot of support and understanding. I hope we can offer both to you on this forum !
Take care ,
Court
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