My husband also hated the Xeloda pills, felt like you Riki - wanted to throw up just thinking of them. His last CEA (late September) was 24!!! Despite clear-ish scan (he still has that damn lytic tumor in his L4). Really worried what the next one (in a month) will show. I suspect if no progression b...

I agree with Michelle; a CEA around 8 might be your new "normal", I would worry a lot more if it was trending upwards... Still worth keeping an eye on and investigating, of course. It's great that there's no evidence of active tumor!

MSS is usually open to Immunotherapy, TMB only plays a role on those with MSI Isn't it actually the opposite? MSS = micro satellite stable = not a good candidate for immunotherapy, unless you've got a high tumor burden. So your husband would not benefit from it. But I concur with Riki that being BR...

Of course, that makes sense (especially the hair part). I hope it works for you!

What are the potential benefits for cancer patients?

Thanks Lee; it's pretty slow - he had lost pretty much all his right quad by the time he had surgery (waited too long unfortunately). He may never regain full control of his leg, but he's been doing a lot of PT, riding his bike, and today was able to drive again for the first time

This is so thoughtful of you. You and your daughters very much in my thoughts... How old are they? When my grandmother lost her husband (my grandfather) of jaw cancer at age 64, she told me that she would have these recurring dreams of finding herself by a great chasm with no bridge and no idea of h...

That’s totally how I’d read it. Fantastic!!

Dang, I am really sorry to read this. But denial has never healed anyone, and when it comes to cancer, knowledge is power. It seems from your post that despite the bad news, your husband isn’t throwing the towel but may be considering other options? Maybe options that are more aggressive than just c...

I hope you get good news XXXXXXXXXX

Ha, my mistake, I saw the title (mets to bladder) and assumed it was from CRC.
When my husband had SBRT for his spinal met, they did warn us about a small possibility to develop leukemia...

It looks like liver transplant is actively studied: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cjgh/2018/9531925/

That seems to be an uncommon site for mets, compared with more common areas such as liver or lungs. We faced the same paucity of information when DH had a met to his adrenal gland. Maybe once you get more information, you could post something here, so others down the line may benefit from your exper...

2020 - My 19-year old orange tabby cat died of old age. He had been my constant companion throughout all my months of treatment and recovery. Aww sorry about losing your pet - 19 years, what a long life! We recently had to say goodbye to our sweet Gali, she was 16; and now are the happy parents of ...

Dear Nicole, I apologize if anything I write is inappropriate, or callous, or very unhelpful - our western society is so disconnected with the end of life, we (or at least I) do not know how to deal with it, talk about it... But, a few thoughts... This may be totally stupid, but have there ever been...