Hi I’m new to this group and am looking to hear more about other's experiences. I surgery for bowel cancer last year (January) and they found a tumour on my liver at my recent CT scan that was part of my annual review. So far the only appointment I’ve had where I was given information was a very rushed one with a liver consultant and the specialist nurse from his team. I was told that it’s only a small tumour - about 1.2cm and that I’d be having surgery this month (just got the date through for this). When I asked if I’d need chemotherapy after the surgery I was told “probably”. This is now my third experience with cancer as I also had breast cancer 12 years ago which resulted in five months of chemo and extensive surgery including a mastectomy and removal of lymph nodes, so as you can imagine I’m feeling pretty anxious about what’s happening. As the liver cancer is secondary to my bowel cancer will I definitely be having chemo? What’s other people’s experience of this? I’m also worried as I’ve read the long term prospects aren’t very positive for secondary liver cancer. What have you been told about this?
