Hello again. Sorry I haven't been on lately but I thought everything was under control, but it wasn't.
Dh had op for bowel cancer last July. At the time they said he had a small secondary on his liver which they would deal with when the chemo was finished. I sat in the liver consultants office in another hospital a year ago today and that was what he told us.
Eight rounds of chemo later they said we would get a date for his liver op but as the latest MRI showed it had shrunk to practically zero there was no hurry. This was in April 2014.
He had an MRI last week prior to seeing bowel surgeon for check up and all hell broke loose. Most of the liver has aggressive tumours that from the look of them have been there some time.
As one hospital does bowels and one livers they are blaming each other for the delay and frantically trying to cover their backs by saying as his liver is fatty they might not have showed up on the first scan. Rubbish.
They are having a case meeting in two weeks (everyone is on holiday) to discuss what to do next. More chemo, radiotherapy, blocking off blood supply to diseased part of liver in the hope that the good part will grow big enough to keep him going if they operate. If they did it now he would die of liver failure.
They say it is incurable but treatable whatever that means and any op would be in about two months. In the mean time he should do "things he enjoys".
To say we are devastated is undersating the situation. We are stunned. So once again I am throwing myself at your feet ladies for comfort and support. I have to be strong for him but I feel like a zombie today.