Guest guest Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 : Is he on Avastin to shrink the liver mets? In a message dated 11/1/2005 7:58:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, sandga41@... writes: Just wanted to thank everyone for the hugs and prayers. To answer Ingrid question, no my husband never had any surgery. The colon cancer is not blocking the colon, so the doctor felt since it had spead to the liver, chemo would be the best choice. I really would have liked it taken out, but the dr said there was not way to get it all out with surgery ( His liver was very involved, both lobes several masses in each) So he has been taking chemo for the past 22 months. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > I saw where Len posted about lung mets, My husband has > > > stage IV colon > > > cancer and does have liver and lung mets. Would be > > > glad to answer any > > > questions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For an an extensive collection of colon cancer related > > > links go to > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colon_cancer_support/links > > > or > > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/suthercon/ > > > > > > yahoo.com/group/colon_cancer_support/links or > > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/suthercon/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > > Colon > > > cancer Colon cancer > > > treatments > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > > > > > > Visit your group " colon_cancer_support " on the > > > web. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Just wanted to thank everyone for the hugs and prayers. To answer Ingrid question, no my husband never had any surgery. The colon cancer is not blocking the colon, so the doctor felt since it had spead to the liver, chemo would be the best choice. I really would have liked it taken out, but the dr said there was not way to get it all out with surgery ( His liver was very involved, both lobes several masses in each) So he has been taking chemo for the past 22 months. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > I saw where Len posted about lung mets, My husband has > > > stage IV colon > > > cancer and does have liver and lung mets. Would be > > > glad to answer any > > > questions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For an an extensive collection of colon cancer related > > > links go to > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colon_cancer_support/links > > > or > > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/suthercon/ > > > > > > yahoo.com/group/colon_cancer_support/links or > > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/suthercon/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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