Postby Stewsbetty » Fri May 18, 2018 6:19 am
Trying wrote:Hello..i had my port inserted yesterday but chemo starts in couple weeks. I have only seen oncologist once but am having other tests done while i wait for my next appt. (pett scan and genetic scan)
When it comes to chemo does a certain type only work a few months or so then you need a new type or once one spots working there's not much hope? I have 10 tumors on liver on each side now too so they are saying inoperable. Im ginding google more scary than hopeful. I am in canada so not sure if treatment here os mich different. Sorry for all the questions. Im iyst a scared mom with a baby.
Hello,
I am a fellow Canadian living in BC. Here the drs are pretty set in following certain protocols. I was dx’d stage3 so I had Folfox. When I had a recurrence/metastasis I was tried on folfiri, we didn’t use avastin(bevacizumab) because I had a fistula they were worried about bleeding in. When that failed I personally pushed for use of immunotherapy since I had tested as MSI high. It is not covered by medical but I am getting it free through the manufacturers compassionate care program and B.C. cancer is covering the administration of it.
I didn’t have liver Mets so I can’t speak to the treatment of those but I am guessing that there is a good program in place for treating since that is a very common metastasis site.
Please feel free to message me directly if you like.
Beth
42yo At diagnosis. Female in BC, Canada
Dx: CC ascending
Right Hemi colectomy 06/16 clear margins
Adenocarcinoma 6cm High Grade
pT3 pN2a Stage 3
10 out of 16 lymph involved
MSI-h, Kras mut, Braf wild
Finished chemo Feb. 2017
PET scan showing active area April 2017
July 2017 CT showing LN mass and spread to other LN
Stage 4
Aug 2017 failed Fofiri
Sept 2017 keytruda scans every 3 months showing shrinkage and stability
November 2018 CT shows only 1 small tumour left
September 2019 clear CT finally NED!!!