After the news that the Cetuximab had stopped working and following our week away, I had my 15th CT scan in 2.5 years and some more bloods. The CT results were good, in that the tumours have clearly shrunk since my CT in January and there has been no further spread. This means the Cetuximab definitely worked and I am in better shape now than I was 3.5 months ago.
That said, we discussed the remaining options with my Oncologist who said there was very little to be gained from trying Avastin with Irinotecan, as there is only a 5-10% chance it would work at all and if it did work then we would probably only see a drop in CEA for a
few weeks before it started rising again. There is also an increasing amount of evidence suggesting that once you start on Avastin it is not a good idea to stop (even if it doesn't seem to be working). Add to that the damage chemo does to your insides (especially when you have had as much as I have), the side effects plus all those extra hospital appointments and this option did not seem like a viable one to me. This means the only option left is "no further treatment."
So what can we expect now? It is not easy to predict as my cancer has not behaved typically this far, but it is most likely that I will trundle along for a
period of time and then new symptoms will start popping up. As they pop up they
will be investigated and treated accordingly.
My bloods showed that my CEA is still heading upwards but it is no longer relevant for me to report on the number, or even know myself for that matter, since we have opted for no further treatment and we can expect things will continue to deteriorate.
The best we can hope for now is a few months of respite before new symptoms start appearing. My life expectancy is now in the order of 6-9 months. The time has come to ride this thing out.
Will keep you posted......
ALL THANKS TO DR WILLIAMS WITH HIS HERBAL PORTION I WAS COMPLETELY CURED FROM BREAST CANCER.
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Indeed a great share. I am just so glad that it has shrunken and no spread is there. I hope you are living a healthy life now. I am quite conscious about my health but recently was sick and was noticing some weird symptoms so quickly visited the private health center for checkup. For god’s grace no such serious issues were diagnosed.
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