hconner

Hello, everyone. I am very happy to find this site and I share the optimism that you have all expressed in the early stages of this forum. I was diagnosed originally on January 7, 2005 with a large (8cm) tumor and several smaller ones in my liver, presumably metastatic. But after running me through many, many tests, it was determined that I had cancer of unknown primary source. After the pathology from my surgery in August, during which the large tumor was removed, my diagnosis became cholangiocarcinoma. I have numerous very small lesions on my liver that are not visible in CAT scans and do not “light up” on PET scans. I have responded very well to a chemotherapy regime of gemzar and taxotere (docitaxil). At this point my doctors are trying to develop a next step treatment. I have responded well to the chemo and surgery to date, but am concerned about what the future holds for treatment in terms of short term and long term effects.

Herschel Conner
Tierra Verde (St. Petersburg), Florida