Tumor shrinking
- This topic has 24 replies, 14 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 3 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Hi,Kris,
May I ask how big is the sack of bile (biloma) in your abdomen?
Is it just a small size<5cm ? Or bigger?How much the biloma shrunk in December?
Have the doctor ever consider taking it out percutaneously?and why not?
Have you developed fever and/or chills because of that?Make sure you ask him/her what you should do when you have fever or chills?
Good luck and
God bless.Awesome news Kris. Sounds like you are on your way to something really great- Resection!!! I think it is only natural to be scared. But everyone on this site with CC are the bravest people I know. Take care.
Love, -Pam
Kris-Great great news!! I didn’t have a resection, I had a transplant and it really wasn’t as bad as I thought. That is really strange sentence to write!!
Good luck and keep focusing on your resection!!
Lots of prayers-CathyThanks Susie and Marion.
Tiffany: I only have the one tumor, which was around 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 cm when I started in Feb 2011. I started chemo at the end of June 2011. As of Friday the tumor iis 3 x 2.1 cm. That is with 6 rounds of Oxaliplatin, 3 rounds of FUDR thru the pump, and 11 rounds of Gemzar. We had to quit Oxy after 6 rounds because of the neuropathy and the pump was tough to get going. Then with infections and various other problems, we had to quit using it for now. As of now I have a sack of bile in my abdomen near the pump so my onc won’t give me chemo anymore. But the tumor is still shrinking so I’ll take what I can get.
The Oxaliplatin worked really well with the Gemzar. So did the FUDR.
I’m sorry you had to join this group at such a young age. I’m only 48 and I think that’s young for this cancer, but 29 is way too young to have to go thru this. I hope you have good oncs? Do you have postings? How many tumors do you have? What protocols are you doing?Kris
YEA! Kris! I can’t wait for Jan. 23rd!!! Let us know as quickly as you can get to a computer!!! Praying for the best for you!
Kris….what great news – I can’t wait to hear of the physician’s response. When is your appointment?
All my best wishes,
MarionAwesome news!! I’m so happy your tumor is shrinking!
Do you just have the 1 tumor? What size did it start out, and whats its size is it now?Hi:
Thought I’d post this in the good news section since I finally have something good to post! I went to the oncologist today. Quick recap: I have a liver infusion pump and have recently had a sack of bile form in my abdomen.
I haven’t had chemo in about 10 weeks except for 1 dose of Gemzar. I had another CT scan on 12/30 to compare the size of the sack to the CT scan on 12/5.
The good news is not only has the sack shrunk, but my tumor is STILL shrinking, even though I haven’t had chemo! Another .5cm in size.
I go to see my surgeon on 1/23 and am going to try not to fixate on it too much. On 12/26 he said he wasn’t quite comfortable with the size of the tumor. Now that it’s .5cm smaller than the CT scan he was looking at, I wonder what he’s going to say. And I have to wait to find out! I can’t wait to hear the tumor is small enough, even though having the resection scares me to death.Kris
- The forum ‘Good News / What’s Working’ is closed to new topics and replies.