I am not even sure what I can say. My mom was DX'ed in October with Stage IV and is inoperable. There are 11 mets (7cm largest in left lobe, 4cm largest in right and the rest are 2cm or smaller) to the liver and a 7cm applecore shaped lesion in her colon. Her local oncologist told her that she can only give her 2-3 years and that is if she responds to treatment. She has not had genetic testing done and the current office she is seeing has lost the slides somehow so she has to go through another biopsy. We had a second opinion at MD Anderson and while the doctor there didn't give a different opinion on the current treatment he wouldn't give a time frame like the other doctor but did confirm that the current mets are unresectable. We realize the situation is bad but we are hurt that the first doctor gave so little hope. We are also confused as to whether or not resection might be possible down the road as neither doctor has given much input on that if treatment is shown to work. Her CEA prior to chemo was 115 at time of DX, she had a drop down to 59.5 prior to her first treatment and both her oncologist made a remark about said drop (we had changed her diet and started on several supplements, not sure if this had anything to do with it, one can always hope something was working) and after her 3rd round of treatment her CEA has dropped down to 14.2 (Folfox + Avastin). I am just wondering if anyone has made it to resection in similar situations and if there are others that can give her support in her time of need.
I am also beyond terrified for her, she is strong and brave and is doing what she can including exercise after a sedentary life/desk job most her life (she is up to 15mins recumbent bike despite being on her 3rd treatment round) and weight lifting, eating good including juicing and taking different supplements that are said to help but I can see the look of fear in her eyes and it hurts me so bad. I want the best for her and I want her to beat this despite the odds.