Hello everyone,
Thank you for reason this
Last year my mom has been diagnosed with right colon cancer stage 4, she had part of her colon removed and consequently had 7 sessions of chemotherapy. After that, her doctor reassured her that she did not have to worry as she was clinically healed and she was only going to do follow up checks. So we were all very surprised when at one of her last appointments after 6 months from the end of the chemo, they found 10 metastasis of 2.5 cm all over her liver. She was shocked and at the beginning we were very anxious and confused as we could not understand the prognosis. She is 64 yrs old, she is a strong and intelligent woman, ready to fight everything for her happiness! doctors also said she is in good clinical condition and liver is overall healthy.
The plan for her now is to have 3 months chemo and then reassess with the surgeon.
I keep reading that there is a very low percentage to heal from this type of cancer, and that very likely it will become a “chronic” condition. I am just trying to understand if is going to be possible for her to enjoy her days or years ahead even tho she will have to continue to have treatments for a long time.. or if we have to prepare for the worst I don’t know what it’s like to have “chronic” cancer.
I am here to have more information, inspiration and positive experiences or thoughts
thank you very much
Silvia
Hi Silvia and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is an informative and supportive place to be.
I don't have any experiences with this type of cancer to share with you but I noticed that your post hadn't had any replies yet. Responding to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussion list.
I can see that you also posted this in the bowel cancer group and I wondered if you'd seen that you'd had quite a few replies? If not clicking here will take you to them.
When you have a minute it would be great if you could pop something about your mom's diagnosis and treatment so far into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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