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Jan 19, 2013 - 10:14 pm
Hello all, been on the forum for a while so decided time to introduce myself. I am from Melbourne, Australia and have been diagnosed with stage 4 mCRC in october. I have extensive liver mets, taking over maybe 70% of the liver. Had five rounds of folfox thus far which failed so onto folfiri from this week. I have a biochemistry background so have been taking advantage of this and doing a lot if research over the last few months. Found some very interestings things and plan to stop chemo soon to explore some of these. In the process of setting up a blog so will post more info. Many of the treatments are really out of the box, but all based on solid science. Time will tell I Guess. Ren |
Joined: Apr 2010
Welcome Ren, We have a few Australians on here, Peter, Ron, and others, I'm sure they'll chime in with a hello soon. Pete has been having success with his alternative treatments, so you and he may be able to compare notes. Wishing you well on this journey. Take care, Cynthia
Joined: Jan 2010
The person Cynthia refers to, Pete, has a blog here http://csn.cancer.org/user/134174/blog which will also lead you to a more extensive posting off site.
He has been doing some out of the box stuff in Germany and currently has good results.
Wishing you good results from whatever you try.
Marie who loves kitties
Joined: Jan 2013
I have been in touch with Pete for a while now. His story is quite inspirational. Hope more of us can repeat his success.
Joined: Oct 2011
Sorry you have to join us, but hope we can provide you with some support as you go through this journey. Sounds like you may have some interesting things to share with us, so keep us posted...we'll be interested to hear what you discover. We have other members here who are taking an "out of the box" approach to their treatment, and it's very interesting to see some of the different things people choose to try. Ann Alexandria
Joined: Apr 2009
Good luck on your choices,I hope they help you.For my liver tumor I just did avastin,with the 5fu cocktail,and it worked great.I hope everything goes well for you.
Joined: Jan 2013
Thanks, unfortunatelly avastin and 5fu has not worked for me. I am looking into SIRTEX microspheres now. Anyone have any experience with this treatment?
Joined: Sep 2012
I too am looking into this for my husband. Meet with an aggressive liver surgeon next week who has had some success with SIRT.
Chelsea
Joined: Feb 2012