Colon cancer

Caramel 8 hours ago

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Had surgery last year and finished chemo tablets on 2nd January. Feel worse now than when I was on tablets. Now have a very bad UTI and had to go to hospital yesterday, discharged with antibiotics b got bloods done and they have said my enzymes in liver are high. Doctor was not great in A&E. Waiting on oncologist calling me as hospital said I need an ultrasound. Spoke briefly to oncologist nur yesterday when I asked her when I would get my CT scan after finishing tablets she said 4 months, was previously told 5-6 weeks. Really worried about liver. Anybody else having problems. Thanks

court 45 minutes ago

Hi Caramel

Just checking I have read this properly . You have just finished your chemo tablets in Jan this year ?

Liver enzymes are frequently pushed up by chemo . My understanding is this is quite common . There is still an acceptable level they can work with , sometimes if it pushes past this they delay chemo for a week or two for it to come back down .

My mum always had one that stayed a bit raised .
Given you have just finished chemo you need time for things to heal . Chemo is a big hit . That’s why surgery post chemo is delayed often around the six week mark to allow some healing .

Whilst A and E is a very important speciality they do not the working knowledge of you that the oncologist has and they know their speciality best . They may have been at this level for a while and not overly concerned . The other thing you can do is contact your Gp and explain what happened and how it made you feel . They can talk it through with you from a clinical point of view .

The other reassuring thing you could do is phone the Macmillan helpline . 0808 808 0000 . They have nurses with experience in all things chemo who could talk it through with you and have more insight than I have .

Take care ,

Court

Helpline Number 0808 808 0000