Postby caregiverinSD » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:20 pm
Hi! I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis. My husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 rectal cancer last year. He had 2-3 small suspected tumors in the liver and one area on the lung that lit up with the PET scan. He did 6 weeks of chemo/ radiation, then RFA to the lung tumor, then 6 rounds of Folfox + Avastin, then surgery to resect the liver and permanent colostomy. All clear margins, with NED status. There were 6 more rounds of chemo and then monitoring for the last year. My husband has been NED for coming up on a year and a half. I would say you fight hard for surgery. Get a second opinion from a respected cancer hospital. I always told my husband, no one is going to care more about the outcome than us and our young kids. Hope that helps!