HI Colon Clubbers,
I haven't been on here in a while, and I have some questsions. I feel guilty about even asking since I haven't been on here and I consider it my duty to support all of you however I can. but I've been so tired with chemotherapy and just trying to keep my work and personal life in order, I haven't been on. I promise to be better in the future.
So....as some of you might remember, I had a recurrence of my cancer. After 6 months of Folfox, I had a recurrence in my mesentary and peritoneum.
Since my recurrence I have been on Folfiri + Avastin. It seems to have worked. After 4 treatments, my PET scan came back with "no scintigraphic findings of residual or recurrent metastatic disease."
The doctors wanted me to finish my chemotherapy rounds, which i have been doing (4 more left). Now they want me to undergo a surgery that sounds very complicated. It involves resecting areas of my mesentary and peritoneum that had disease, and then "bathing" my mesentary and peritoneum in "hot" chemotherapy. They want me to do this surgery at MD Anderson in Houston, where there is a surgeon who specializes in this surgery.
I'm wondering if anyone else has heard of or undergone such a surgery and what it is like. Any information anyone can provide would be so much appreciated.
I hope everyone is doing well. If you need anything feel free to send me an email at chetmeeks@yahoo.com. Even though I haven't been on here lately I am so committed to this website and its members. I'll do anything for any of you that I can.
To Health,
Chet