hi all,
I had my appt. with the onco yesterday and discovered that the belly button met I told some of you about a while ago actually arises in my mesentary in the lower left quadrant by my bladder and sigmoid colon.
The doctor says that at this point, the mass is inoperable. Apparently it is difficult to remove large masses from the mesentary, given all the blood vessels and such that are there. So the current plan of attack is to try to reduce the size of this thing with chemotherapy (folfir and avastin) and then go from there.
i'm wondering if anyone has had experience with mesentary masses and if this course of action seems appropriate, reasonable, etc.
Thanks everyone,
chet