My hubby opted to have a metastasectomy of his lung mets despite the fact that he had a new spread on his liver and retro peritoneal lymph nodes. He was originally scheduled for a bilateral surgery but the thoracic surgeon had to make a quick judgement call, and decided to clear the median area of his right lung first where he was able to remove 24 mets, and according to him, my hubby have 3 more on the upper portion of the right lung, and another 3 on the lower right lung. Plus a similar (estimate) number of mets in the left lung. According to him, my husband might want to have chemo first, then after which, he can come back to totally clear dh's lungs, in hopes that the size and number of mets will decrease due to chemo.
Right now, the tumor will be under genetic testing to determine which chemo would best benefit my dh. We've already gone thru folfox, folfoxiri, folfirinox, vectibix, erbitux and Avastin. I don't know what other options do we have (hopefully not stivarga).
We're also considering a clinical trial (immunotherapy), as we view this as one of the best option.
Right now my dh is resting in the hospital, oxygen removed, catither removed, pain reliever decreased, and tomorrow, his lung tubes will be removed as well.
Every now and then, I would always encounter in the forum that "cancer treatment is not a race..." I think I'm getting the meaning of it now. There's no short cut. Right now I am very grateful that the surgery was uneventful unlike the last surgery where my hubby was reopened due to internal bleeding.
Healing thoughts to you all!