Postby Lee » Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:44 pm
Hi and welcome, I'm so very sorry for the reason you are here. I see that you are from Montana (me too, Great Falls). The best advice I can give you is to get 2nd opinions from major cancer hospitals or major cancer treatment centers. Check Billing, Helena & Great Falls for major cancer hospitals. I had a girl friend who would come down here to Phoenix and go to Cancer Treatment Center of America.
Do you know if they did any testing on her tumors. Immunotherapies are going to be the next big break through.
What is the plan of action at the moment for your Mom? Chemo? if yes, what type. Is surgery an option at this time? Please understand, surgery is not always an option at diagnoses, butt after a few rounds of chemo and tumor shrinkage, surgery can be an option again.
How old is your mom, what is her over all health? If she is elderly and not in the best health, maybe light chemo to make her comfortable for a while might be a better option.
So sorry you are here, butt know you have found a place with a wealth of information and support. Avoid Dr. Google, hang around here.
Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!