Hi I am in an emergency situation at mass general. My sister needs a hospital to hospital transfer to Sloane Kettering, we are having trouble getting in touch with her Oncologist Dr Epstein. He gave me his cell at one point but I don’t have. Can anyone share it. Again this is an emergency. We spoke ...

My sister was officially rejected for the hai pump at msk yestwrsay because of a 3mm nodule in her lung. She has several under 1cm mets on her liver that responded poorly to the last round of chemo. She has a Kras and Her2 mutation. According to dr Epstein, it disqualified her for several current cl...

Thank you We are going to mskcc weds although they said no to the hai pump. DAna Farber next Tues. She’s in Boston. Stage 2 in 2011. Ned for 3 years. Cancer returned to her abdomen wall. Dana farther recommended chemo for the “remainder of her life” which they gave her a year. She’s since been at MG...

Hi my sister has been battling for 7 years. She currently has 7 inoperable >1cm on liver. She has been trying to get to mskcc for the hai pump. This morning they called her and said they would not see her due to a 3mm possible met on her lungs. Are there other hospitals that we should try?

Thank you so much for the information. Mgh does not offer hai pumps and sends people to SKM. As of this morning, my sister was still waiting on the appointment. Sounds like things have been sorted out in the last few weeks. You guys are far more in the know then many doctors.

Thank you. Her oncologist, Dr Nip, contacted Dr Epstein directly yesterday. We are waiting for an appointment. Dr Nip believes that SKM is no longer offering that treatment. I’m hoping he is wrong. I’m also hoping we can get some back up hospitals, like Anderson, who still have pumps available if SK...

Hello, My sister has been fighting stage IV colon cancer four years. She currently has inoperatable mets on her liver. We were hoping to go to SKM this month and discuss the possibility of a hai pump, only to learn that the treatment is being discontinued since the company stopped making the pump. S...

Yes. About one year after my suster’s Hipec surgery, they found a “reoccurance” in her abdominal wall. Drs were dismal convinced she was doomed. Well a month before, my sister thought she signed up for a 5k, but had accidentally signed up for a half marathon. And she ran it. It wasn’t cancer. Scar t...

Thank you. I’ve given her the information about Dr. Kemeny. Fingered-crossed that she makes an appointment. I’m extremely disappointed mgh didn’t even mention the possibility of a HAI pump, I did some research and it seems like a good option. My sister is not on this board, but anybody would be will...

Hello, My sister 45 was diagnosed with stage 2b colon cancer in 2011. In 2015, she has hipec and was disease free until feb 2018 when a new tumor developed in her colon and 2 liver mets. They did a second resection and abalation. First scan was clear, but repeat last week showed 5 small liver mets. ...

My sister is currently in the hospital, she had HIPEC on May 7th. She was diagnosed with stage II three years ago at age 39 ( OCt 2011). Three years of NED and then Dec 2014 they found small mets on her ovaries and her peritoneal lining. Her original oncologist 1% chance of remission and chemo for t...

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Go Hermain!

My sister was diagnosed with colon cancer 3 weeks ago. , I have a brother, who I haven't seen in 18 years. He is wonderful person, but lives far away, his mother and our father divorced when he was young, our father died young, and there has always of unresolved issues with his relationship with our...

I am so terribly sorry. My sister, the mother of a 3 and 4 year old, was recently diagnosed. We also lost our parents young, so my heart breaks for you. You are in my thoughts and prayers. May you find comfort in your sister's spirit and in her memory.


Elizabeth

Well, it is normal to have bleeding with pregnancy. The same thing you are describing happened to my sister, and progressively got worse after my niece (now 3) was born. The doctors were very dismissive, telling my sister that it was just hemorroids related to giving birth. 3 weeks ago, she finally ...