Metastasis

medsec
medsec Member Posts: 25
in Colorectal Cancer #1
My husband had colo/rectal cancer in 2010. He had his CT this year at this regular ck up and they have found that it has mets to the liver, lung and possibly pancreas. Has ayone had these mets and how were they treated and where. He has been going to Rex Cancer Center in Raleigh NC. He is looking a less invasive way if there is one to combate this. His pain though is in his shoulder not the liver or lung area, and we dont understand this. Has anyone else experienced shoulder pain. Please share your thoughts we are desperate....Thanks

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  • steveandnat
    steveandnat Member Posts: 886
    #2
    Strange pain pop up
    I have mets to the liver and have been doing chemo every two weeks (if counts are good) since june 09. Some people seem to get surgery for their mets and then some continue with treatments for awhile after the surgery. Everyone seems to be a little different depending on their own situation and onc. Hope and pray everything works out good.
    Jeff
  • smokeyjoe
    smokeyjoe Member Posts: 1,425 Member
    #3
    steveandnat said:

    Strange pain pop up
    I have mets to the liver and have been doing chemo every two weeks (if counts are good) since june 09. Some people seem to get surgery for their mets and then some continue with treatments for awhile after the surgery. Everyone seems to be a little different depending on their own situation and onc. Hope and pray everything works out good.
    Jeff

    So sorry to hear he has mets
    So sorry to hear he has mets now, what stage was he last year, and have they been scanning and doing chemo. since then?? Is this the first scan that these have shown up on?
  • tommycat
    tommycat Member Posts: 790 Member
    #4
    No answers or advice here,
    No answers or advice here, but am thinking of you and how hard this must be---again!!!!!
  • tommycat
    tommycat Member Posts: 790 Member
    #5
    No answers or advice here,
    No answers or advice here, but am thinking of you and how hard this must be---again!!!!!
  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #6
    Shoulder pain
    Both Pepe and I have suffered shoulder pain,(and yes we both worried it was cancer mets to the bone, it wasn't) we both went and received cortisone shots(his in Spain, mine in California) and that took away the pain, neither of us did anything to get the shoulder pain but since the cortisone takes it away, we're both grateful.
    Quite a few of us have had liver mets and have had surgery to remove those pesky tumors, I also had lung mets but the chemo seemed to have atrophied (sic)and we haven't had to do anything to them.
    I had my surgery done at Stanford in California and also have my treatments done in California at Dominican.
    Depending on how many tumors and where exactly depends on whether he will have chemo first, then surgery or surgery, then possibly chemo first.
    Just one step at a time, mets surely do suck, but (and the but is important here;I sometimes have to remind my own self about that)they can be dealt with, some faster then others, but some slowly.
    My prayers are with you.
    Winter Marie
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #7
    Hi
    If your husband has to do any radiation at Rex, my son is a radiation therapist there. He's the tall, good looking one named Matt. *smiles*

    Hope your husband's pain will get treated.

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • Kenny H.
    Kenny H. Member Posts: 502 Member
    #8
    tootsie1 said:

    Hi
    If your husband has to do any radiation at Rex, my son is a radiation therapist there. He's the tall, good looking one named Matt. *smiles*

    Hope your husband's pain will get treated.

    *hugs*
    Gail

    I to have mets to lungs
    I to have mets to lungs (stage 3 rectal dx 5/10) small multiple nodules active on last PET scan. Onc said inoperable due to more than one. Said will be on on permanant chemo (folfiri this time)
    Have decided to get a 2nd opinion at MD Anderson in Houston, Have a appt set for 18th of this month. Will let you all know outcome.

    Do not have any shoulder pain, acually feel great & still working.
  • z
    z Member Posts: 1,414 Member
    #9
    Kenny H. said:

    I to have mets to lungs
    I to have mets to lungs (stage 3 rectal dx 5/10) small multiple nodules active on last PET scan. Onc said inoperable due to more than one. Said will be on on permanant chemo (folfiri this time)
    Have decided to get a 2nd opinion at MD Anderson in Houston, Have a appt set for 18th of this month. Will let you all know outcome.

    Do not have any shoulder pain, acually feel great & still working.

    Kenny and Winter Marie
    In Winter Maries post it said her Lung mets have basically died. Winter Marie what chemo tx did that. I initially had anal cancer, and then a 2nd primary lung cancer which was removed via vats.

    Thank you,

    Lori
  • medsec
    medsec Member Posts: 25
    #10
    tootsie1 said:

    Hi
    If your husband has to do any radiation at Rex, my son is a radiation therapist there. He's the tall, good looking one named Matt. *smiles*

    Hope your husband's pain will get treated.

    *hugs*
    Gail

    mets
    Thanks Gail. I am sure they will be seeing a lot of us. He has had a CT, PET. MRI, Lung Biopsy in radiology so far, I wil look for Matt next time we go. We will go tomorrow to see what they can offer him in way of more time. I hate cancer, it just keeps taking our loved ones. Thanks for responding...
  • medsec
    medsec Member Posts: 25
    #11
    Kenny H. said:

    I to have mets to lungs
    I to have mets to lungs (stage 3 rectal dx 5/10) small multiple nodules active on last PET scan. Onc said inoperable due to more than one. Said will be on on permanant chemo (folfiri this time)
    Have decided to get a 2nd opinion at MD Anderson in Houston, Have a appt set for 18th of this month. Will let you all know outcome.

    Do not have any shoulder pain, acually feel great & still working.

    Mets
    Thanks for replying, we too are considering MD Anderson if they cant give us any hope, we will go looking it, he isn't but 58, am not giving up on him yet. HE can still walk 3 miles everyday, and except for the shoulder pain he seems to feel ok. Please let us know if you like MD Anderson.
  • medsec
    medsec Member Posts: 25
    #12
    smokeyjoe said:

    So sorry to hear he has mets
    So sorry to hear he has mets now, what stage was he last year, and have they been scanning and doing chemo. since then?? Is this the first scan that these have shown up on?

    Mets
    They showed up before but they said they were to small to worry about, they arent small any longer, Smokey.
  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #13
    z said:

    Kenny and Winter Marie
    In Winter Maries post it said her Lung mets have basically died. Winter Marie what chemo tx did that. I initially had anal cancer, and then a 2nd primary lung cancer which was removed via vats.

    Thank you,

    Lori

    Lori
    It was after about 6 times with oxy, avastin and xeloda.
    Winter Marie
  • Wenchie
    Wenchie Member Posts: 88
    #14
    Kenny H. said:

    I to have mets to lungs
    I to have mets to lungs (stage 3 rectal dx 5/10) small multiple nodules active on last PET scan. Onc said inoperable due to more than one. Said will be on on permanant chemo (folfiri this time)
    Have decided to get a 2nd opinion at MD Anderson in Houston, Have a appt set for 18th of this month. Will let you all know outcome.

    Do not have any shoulder pain, acually feel great & still working.

    We're sharing a boat
    Hey Kenny, I too have mets to both lungs and tried folfiri but the Camptosar (Irinotecan) made me terribly sick so now it's just Avastin and 5-FU. I also went to MDAnderson and met with Dr. Glover. She offered me the exact same regimen that I could get in my hometown so here I am. Let me know what you find out. I'm checking out Cyberknife and will be zapped after a PetScan. Keep me up to date.
  • Buckwirth
    Buckwirth Member Posts: 1,258 Member
    #15
    medsec said:

    Mets
    Thanks for replying, we too are considering MD Anderson if they cant give us any hope, we will go looking it, he isn't but 58, am not giving up on him yet. HE can still walk 3 miles everyday, and except for the shoulder pain he seems to feel ok. Please let us know if you like MD Anderson.

    MD Anderson
    is one of the worlds top cancer centers.  In fact, US News ranked it the #1 cancer hospital for 2011.  YMMV, but you would be hard pressed to find a better place for your hubby.

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