My husband was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancel in February 2015. At the time they noticed a 'spot' on his liver but thought it was "nothing to worry about". He went through radiotherapy along with chemo tablets to enchance the radiotherapy's effect, so that the tumour would shrink enough for surgery. He then had an 8 week wait before more scans. We met with the Surgeon Friday who advised that the tumour has not shrunk enough and that also the 'spot' in his liver is now a "significantly sized" tumour!
The Surgeon advised that he had met with the Oncologist and discussed the scans but that the could not decide what the best course of action would be - chemo to hopefully shrink the tumours with a view to surgery down the line; or surgery on the bowel to relieve symptoms (although there's a strong chance microscopic cells will remain & spread). Basically we need to chose which tumour we're going to attack - LIVER or BOWEL!!??
We have asked to meet with the Oncologist again, to get his input, but he's away next week...we only have a 2-3 week window to get treatment going..!!
We feel that having such a huge, 'life-changing' decision put into our hands is unfair - they are the experts but even they can't decide....?
Anyone else had or going through a similar experience? All advise will be greatly received x
