Hello I'm new to the forum wish I wasn't here but I am. My 38 yr old wife was Dx on 3/3/17 with a 6cm mass in her rectum with lymph nodes in the pelvis. Her initial CEA was 26 than a month later 29. She has done the pelvic radiation with 5 FU drip. She was preparing for surgery when a CT scan showed three 4-6mm spots on the right lobe of the liver. It was devastating and it cancelled the surgery this week, at the time her CEA had dropped to 2.1 after radiation and now is at 2.3 before the frist round of chemo. She is now on chemo I think FOLFOX and Avistan. We are going to try that plan for few months to see if we can destroy the liver mets and clean it up prior to surgery this winter. What am I missing, why did the original 5 FU not keep it from spreading? Was the seed already there? Has anyone had success with this plan in cleaning up the liver. She is young, healthy and in shape and and has never abused her body. She's also very stubborn and strong willed. This new news has made her doubt and think of the worse outcome. We have young kids and would like to keep her around longer but its up to the treatments, cancer and God at this point I feel. Are there any other options we should look at? We live in Utah and the closest cancer institute is Huntsmans Cancer Center, has anyone had good luck there. I see so many going to MD Anderson how does a middle income out of state guy get there?
thanks