Hi there, I'm so sorry your husband has been diagnosed, as a caregiver I can completely understand how uncertain and terrifying this is. My late husband had a mucinous-type that is rare like Signet Ring. When you have discussions with Oncologist, remember that EVEN with Signet Ring types, the cancer...

Hi Crikklekay, Have you tried seeking a second opinion of surgeons specialising in Peritonectomy/HIPEC/Cytoreductive surgery. My late husband had a a total colectomy - his entire colon was removed, along with a whole heap of stuff - under this specialised surgery. General surgeons often don't have t...

Hi Marf, Intramuscular / Intrabdominal masses are common in peritoneal metastasis. They can happen from seeding during surgery or in your case may be present to start with. Peritoneal mets are easily missed on scans due to their diffuse nature, but is also a bit of a speciality. I would recommend se...

Hi Ruth, Cancers that start from the appendix are much rarer, and may have a different treatment path to those starting elsewhere in the colon. Your cancer may or may not be mucinous. But mucinous types typically don't respond well to chemo. I would try to find out from your oncologist on how much c...

Hi Mark, Greetings from Australia, and really hope your treatment is going well as it can be. My late husband was also on FOLFIRI, prior to that FOLFIRI with BEV, and he was really prone to bad nausea on those regimes but not to point of vomiting 4/5 times a day. I second all the advice given before...

Hi there, My late husband was diagnosed with Peritoneal Metastasis. He had a colonoscopy that discovered a bowel obstruction. And the peritoneal Mets were confirmed during his initial surgery. The staging CT scans prior to surgery did call out extensive peritoneal Mets. In our experience CT scans we...

Thanks for posting Bianca. This is so devastating for him, his wife, family & friends. I was worried about Rob after not hearing from him for so long. He was so kind, empathetic and intelligent. He also had such mental toughness and really addressed his personal thoughts and demons on death. He ...

HI, I believe this article should help: https://www.annalsofoncology.org/article/S0923-7534(19)39216-6/fulltext#:~:text=Seventy%2Deight%20of%20670%20(11.6,range%204–61%20days). CEA flare is a real phenomenon, occurring in roughly 11% of patients. Sample size cited is ~670 Patients were studied longi...