My husband had peritoneal mets, and they are tricky to treat in that they don't respond well to chemo. I know that's being blunt, but peritoneal mets do not usually have good outcomes. Of course, there are always exceptions. HIPEC surgery can be done in hopes of slowing the progression, but it's an ...

As Grouseman mentioned, I was active on this site while my husband received treatment for his stage IVb colon cancer at the University of Michigan Cancer Center. Unfortunately, he passed away two years ago. I still check in occasionally to see how everyone is doing. Since I'm in the Canton area of M...

First, let me say that I can't begin to know how you must feel. Facing a terminal illness and also your husband's new friendship must be overwhelming. You need to put yourself first. I don't know what that means for you, but you do have to think of what will bring you peace. My first marriage ended ...

My husband had one minor but expensive car accident after he'd been on chemo for quite some time. Since the weather was fine that day, the traffic was light, and the road very well known to him, I always felt it was caused by chemo brain. He somehow managed to hit and go over a curb which wrecked th...

Diana, I'm sorry that you have had to join CC, but you will get tons of support here. My one suggestion is to reach out to your co-workers for help. Believe me, I know how hard it is to ask for help, but you may become overwhelmed at some point later in your treatment cycle. I assume you are sharing...

Oh, I'm so, so sorry, Margarita! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your mom.

Good luck. I'll be thinking of you tomorrow! I'm so glad you got to the point where they can perform surgery.

This is just my humble opinion, but I think that most oncologists have a pretty good idea as to the likely outcome and timeline of most of their patients. It's true that no one case is totally predictable, so I think that's why most oncologists do not like to go into details, and rightly so. But, if...

It often feels like not enough is being done for colon cancer, doesn't it? Your dad is being robbed of many years, but that won't affect the amount of love between him, you, and the rest of your family. I'm so sorry. My only advice to you as he enters hospice care is to suggest that when the end com...

Ms. Ogden, I'm so sorry you had to suffer the assessment of that @!**hole oncologist. My husband and I had a similar experience early on in his treatment, and I will never forget how awful it was. This guy was like a robot - he certainly had no human emotions or he would not have told my husband str...

Jortega: My husband had peritoneal mets. His colon cancer "skipped" the liver, though he did develop lung mets. Sadly, his peritoneal mets did not respond to the chemo in the long run. They were stabilized for a time with Folfiri/Avastin (his second line of chemo), but then began to rapidl...

Thinking of you during these difficult anniversary days.

Hope all of your side effect symptoms are gone soon, BB.

I know there is no one typical pattern to grief, and I'm sure the pattern of grief is different for the various people you lose. Recently, I have been feeling waves and waves of survivor's guilt. I did not feel this when my older relatives and mother passed, but I think it's because they had all liv...

I'm so glad your wife is doing well! She is one strong senora to be able to work with all she has been through. I teach adult ed classes part-time and always have to laugh when my 20 something students drag in complaining they are SO tired. They have no idea. . . So sorry about your job. I lost my f...