Hello Everyone! Molly, I love the new message board. You are doing an awesome job.
I am going to have surgery to either resect my liver or put a hepatic pump in and am starting my research on what to expect. I have been told by two prior oncologists, the cancer was too extensive in my liver to resect it. Recently, I began treatment with a new Dr. who is treating the cancer much more aggressively. I have had problems with low platelet counts and was unable to recieve treatments in the past. This was very discouraging and I started to lose hope. My new Dr. believes it is because my spleen is enlarged (due to chemo) and it gobbles up the platelets. Something to that effect. He also added Erbitux to my FOLFURI treatment. I had a PET scan last week after 4 Erbitux treatments and 2 FOLFURI treatments and it appears to be doing a remarkable job getting rid of the tumors in my liver. The new cancer center also does massage therapy. My platelets have regained their numbers despite being treated. I'm still in a state of disbelief because I've been on chemo for so long. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.
LIVESTRONG,
Andrea