Mets to liver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Montrealer
Montrealer Member Posts: 10
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I've heard some docs say that one of most common symptom that we have mets to liver is that you would have a dramatic weight loss suddenly. Who can confirm it?

Thank You for sharing your thoughts =)

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  • kerry
    kerry Member Posts: 1,313 Member
    No, not necessarily. I had mets to my liver - no weight loss at all.

    Kerry
  • robinvan
    robinvan Member Posts: 1,012
    Nope... no weight loss here. None at all.
    Rob
  • shmurciakova
    shmurciakova Member Posts: 906 Member
    I had a walnut sized liver met and I did not feel a thing. I never would have even known it was there. Perhaps if you had some sort of extreme liver involvement then you would have symptoms, but otherwise I think when the mets are small most patients are asymptomatic.
    -Susan
  • LynnN
    LynnN Member Posts: 13
    I was diagnosed stage 4 in Dec.05 with liver mets or more specifically met....I had lost a lot of weight but no one ever attributed it to liver mets...i thought it had to do with the colon part of the cancer....

    Lynn
  • foxy
    foxy Member Posts: 188 Member
    Hi, I lost 8 kilograms from symptoms to operation for stage4 with one liver met, and then 7 more while in hospital for my resection and liver wedge resection. I do not know which one caused the weight loss. Virginia.
  • hopefulone
    hopefulone Member Posts: 1,043 Member
    Hubby has liver mets.. questionable as to how many now, and they are small. Since dx he's had colon resection and chemo , lost about 10 lbs after the surgery, but weight has been stable since then . God bless and good luck. Diane
  • apache4
    apache4 Member Posts: 272 Member
    I have so many liver mets that they can't even count them on the scans...I lost about 8 lbs. after surgery last year due mostly to the anemia I had from the bleeding cancer in the cecum area. I've been off chem for about 7 wks. now and need to "watch it" as weight is creeping up.
  • livefreeordie
    livefreeordie Member Posts: 45
    apache4 said:

    I have so many liver mets that they can't even count them on the scans...I lost about 8 lbs. after surgery last year due mostly to the anemia I had from the bleeding cancer in the cecum area. I've been off chem for about 7 wks. now and need to "watch it" as weight is creeping up.

    Nope, not here. Huge liver met, no weight loss.
    A little pain was the first symptom, dont know if it was caused by the liver though..
  • sladich
    sladich Member Posts: 429 Member
    No weight loss here due to the mets in the liver. Overall I lost weight but that was due to chemo, etc.

    Debbie