met with surgeon

Things seem to be moving in the right direction. He was pleased with my results from chemo. He no longer feels as though a liver resection is a top priority. I get four week off from chemo. I will have another PET/CT and he recommends have the three places in my liver ablated. He said the tumors in my lung showed very little activity and he wouldn't feel comfortable doing surgery at this point. He feels that a few more rounds of chemo might finish them off. Or if they progress between now and time for liver ablation he may ablate one or two of them. Now to the two tumors in the portal caval cavity. He did say those would be tricky, but he said the were less active than the previous scan. He feels that they may not be cancer but left over infection from the infections I had for months. When I have my tumors ablated he said he would stick a scope in to see what is going on. If they are cancer he said he would be able to remove them but the surgery would be significant. He will have to map which segments of the liver correspond to those nodes and remove the entire liver segment. He said that will be another surgery for another time.
the x factor is going to be the clinical trial I have between now and my next meeting with the radiologist. I sure hope it works. My surgeon said that even with a marginal response, my lung mets might become inactive altogether. Also, one spot in my liver was very faint. I'm not going to ask for a miracle, but I am hoping it works a little.