charlie1
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Lainy,
Thanks for the response. A blood culture was done, and came back negative. Prior to surgery, my husband had two stent failures, both resulting in a blood infection. Post surgery, he had an incision infection, but that was negative for a blood infection–although he did have an adverse reaction to the antibiotics which resulted in a platelet count of 2.. This appears to be another new wrinkle.
My husband’s tumor was in the bile duct between the pancreas and the liver The pancreas was not involved. Originally they thought he had clear margins to the liver, but the pathology report showed cancer cells near the liver. This is where the radiation was targeted. Now that the radiation is over, our oncologist offered the option of chemo. Her statement was that research hasn’t really shown that chemo would be effective to keep cancer from returning. She felt if the cancer returned, it would most likely be in the liver, and they would be able to surgically treat the cancer. We want to make the best decision regarding this cancer. Our original thought was to say no the chemo (we could always change that later if circumstances change)–but now we are rethinking that.
I appreciate any feedback and thoughts. I realize that this is a very personal decision, and ultimately we will have to make the final decision, and it helps to hear the experiences of others and choices that have been made. I definitely agree that a second opinion is needed.
We are in the Madison area and going to UW Hospital for treatment.
