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Hi Moomintroll 

Please do contact your Gp . My GP was a great help and out me on a betablocker at the time to help slow everything down . Getting that help let me get more of a grip on the situation .

Going straight to chemo can be very helpful . It allows them to deal with the spread systemically . Target all areas at once . Gaining stability is the goal and then they rescan and review what other approaches might be helpful .

Do you know your husbands cell type ?

My mum has been wading through a stage 4 diagnosis for 14 years so there is always hope .There is a subgroup of patients that respond very well to chemo . It’s very individual. I hope your husband does well on it . You will see some people posting on bowel cancer U.K. who are on chemo for seven plus years .

Take care and ask anything you like ,

Court 

Thanks for your message that has made me feel so much better about his prognosis. His cell type is adenocarcinoma. 

I wish him well on his chemotherapy. Everyone is different but I hope he mounts a good response. 
Take care ,

Court 

https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-cancer/advanced-bowel-cancer/treating-advanced-bowel-cancer/
This is a good booklet of you click on the link you can see some of the ways they manage a spread .

Take care ,

Court 

Thanks for taking the time to send this x