valwong
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My dad had mets in his lungs almost 2 years after a successful removal of an intrahepatic cc. There were 3 mets in the lower lobes of both his lungs, and 1 was removed in a microscopic surgery and confirmed to be metastatic cc. He went through Oxaliplatin, Xeloda, Erbitux (no KRAS mutation), Gemzar and Tarceva but none of them helped. As the tumors were small (5mm) we went with radiation late last year and had another 6months of very good quality time until the mets got to his bones this March.
If anything is to be learnt from this, I would recommend seeking 2nd or even 3rd opinion if you can. For my dad’s case, we would have gone with radiation rather than chemo to begin with as the chemo really took a toll on his overall health conditions. Our first ONC did not offer that, and the surgeons on his liver and his long both sworn by chemo. We switched to a different ONC late last year. It might be the case in HK but at private practices, doctors might make recommendations for commercial reasons.Thanks a lot for the kind words Lainy and Marion. My dad is on 5 FU and Avastin now and the pain seems to have subsided a bit. Hopefully it means the tumors are shrinking. We will go back for blood test in 2 weeks so fingers crossed. His CA 19-9 was 120 but was way below 30 when he was first diagnosed. Truly yours, Val
Thanks very much Marion. My dad did get Zometa at the clinic last week, I think it’s working slowly and helps protect his bones from fracture but not so much for pain alleviation. I will enquire into the other options mentioned in the threads so far.
Many thanks again. It’s painful seeing him hurting. I would take all the cancer and pain for him but unfortunately life doesn’t work that way.
