Postby martd » Tue May 29, 2018 3:08 pm
I've read your previous post's and see I have alot in common with your husband. I'm also stage IV crc with liver mets, and a diesel mechanic. I was diagnosed in Nov 2017 and was told then I was unresectable with having 17 mets involving all lobes. Fortunately I live in the phoenix area and got a second opinion and started treatment at Mayo clinic , although my oncologist at Mayo shared the unresectable opinion, I met with a liver surgeon with the transplant team at Mayo and was told he saw potential for a 2 stage hepatectomy with a portal vein embolization in between surgeries. I started FOLFOX with avastin and had a very good response so that got me to my first surgery April the 24th 2018 where he resected 2 tumors from the left side of my liver. Then the embolization on the 27th of April. So now I'm pretty much growing a liver to get to the second surgery. You're definitely on the right track with the second opinion. I'm still in the beginning of this fight but I'm feeling much better about it now than at the start. So there's always hope just keep going forward.
49 y/o male dx 11/2017 crc
Stage 4 with 17 liver Mets, cea 490
RAS, BRAF WT Tp53 LOF
12 rounds folfox , avastin
5/18 cea 2.8 liver resection and pve
7/18 part 2 liver resection, remove right side of liver
Surgical site mrsa infection, wound vac
8/18 cea .9 cCR, rectal tumor is gone
Rectal surgery postponed, watch and wait
10/18 clear scan CEA .7
01/19 clear scan CEA .9
04/19 clear scan CEA .9
07/19 clear scan CEA 1.0