Hello all,
My mom has recently been diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma mid-rectum with with signet-ring component, grade 3- she is leaving stage 2 and entering 3 now per her doctors. She lives in Fiji were there is no treatment for this . I have applied for a B-2 visa (for medical emergency twice) for her, and denied both times (I am a US citizen, not sure why they are not letting her in) Regardless we are now getting her a Visa to India for her to get medical treatment there. I am so scared and not sure what to do.
Doctors say that "
"Mrs x was referred to me at Nasese Medical Center for a colonoscopy with a history
of recurrent loose bowel motions over a year and a finding of a markedly elevated CEA
tumor marker more than thirty (30) times the upper limit of normal.
She is a known diabetes mellitus type 2 case with hypertension for over five (5) yrs
taking Metformin and Atenolol.
The colonoscopy was done on the 24.4.18 with a finding of a circumferential fungating,
irregular, ulcerated, easily bleeding, luminally narrowing tumor 5cms from the anal
verge involving the mid- and upper rectum. The rest of the colon upwards to the
caecum was normal.
The CT scan showed a similar finding as above with multiple enlarged perirectal lymph
nodes and a 1.2cm left common iliac vessel lymph node. There is loss of fat plane
between the rectum and the uterus. The liver is normal and there is no ascites, (CT
Report accompanying).
The rectal tumor biopsy received has documented adenocarcinoma with signet-ring
component, grade 3.
She needs to go urgently to an oncology center abroad for further assessment PET
Scans and neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy which are not available locally in Fiji.