Feeling confused
Hi lovely ladies,
It's been a while since I posted on the forum but need to share my current thoughts.
Earlier this year I was diagnosed with bone & liver mets. The oncologist advised that I should go on the oral chemo drug called Xeloda. I took the first course in July & ended up in hospital for three weeks with severe diarrhea. This badly affected my body, so the oncologist gave me 2 months off to recuperate. So when I met with him last week, we were expecting to talk about a different chemo option. But to our surprise the oncologist said my cancer is stable and their is no urgency to do chemo yet. I'm confused. In July he wanted me to do chemo but now in Nov he doesn't even though nothing has changed with my mets.
Not sure how to feel. Should I be happy that the cancer is stable & that i don't need to do chemo yet? But I feel strange doing nothing too. Shouldn't we do chemo now to blast the horrid cancer before it starts spreading rather than wait for it to spread? Very confused!
Thanks for listening.
Ange
It's been a while since I posted on the forum but need to share my current thoughts.
Earlier this year I was diagnosed with bone & liver mets. The oncologist advised that I should go on the oral chemo drug called Xeloda. I took the first course in July & ended up in hospital for three weeks with severe diarrhea. This badly affected my body, so the oncologist gave me 2 months off to recuperate. So when I met with him last week, we were expecting to talk about a different chemo option. But to our surprise the oncologist said my cancer is stable and their is no urgency to do chemo yet. I'm confused. In July he wanted me to do chemo but now in Nov he doesn't even though nothing has changed with my mets.
Not sure how to feel. Should I be happy that the cancer is stable & that i don't need to do chemo yet? But I feel strange doing nothing too. Shouldn't we do chemo now to blast the horrid cancer before it starts spreading rather than wait for it to spread? Very confused!
Thanks for listening.
Ange
