I met my Liver surgeon today and had a consult with him to see what his perspective was on my treatment plan should look like. He agreed with the opinion of my Oncologist that Chemo should be the first item of business. He would like me to go through 6 cycles (each being 2 weeks long) and then have surgery to remove the right half of my Liver. The right half of my Liver has the largest spot in it which why they want to remove that section. After Liver surgery they would likely follow up with more chemo and then do Colon surgery as well as treating remaining spots on the left lobe of the liver.
The reason they want to limit initial chemo to 6 treatments is that more chemo can cause liver damage. I really liked the doctor and he explained things very well. He even drew a chart (liver & colon) on the paper "bed" sheet they have in the exam room. Not that I'm interested in the paper sheeting but mainly due to the contents I ripped the section off so I could take it home for reference.
We received a bit of great news while talking with the doctor today. He told us that the Pet Scan I had last week didn't show any new locations with cancer. It of course showed the known areas of the Colon and the Liver. We thank God for this miracle that the cancer hasn't spread more than it has.
Tomorrow is a Liver Biopsy and then an MRI is scheduled for Thursday AM. My other appointments this week are conversations with my oncologists to go over the treatment plan and one with my Primary doctor to keep him in the loop.
--Kent
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