Liver

Sonia32
Sonia32 Member Posts: 1,071 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
As you know l had an mri on thursday to see if two spots on my liver are just fatty spots and nothing else. I have read a couple of post where its been mentioned if you get cancer in your liver that is it.Slightly concerned by this as many have come through stage 4 with mets to their liver.Does that mean God forbid my spots turn out to be mets should l start writing a will? sorry if l sound harsh in my post l am just worried. Hugs Sonia

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  • Unknown
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  • snommintj
    snommintj Member Posts: 601
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    the amazing liver
    As little as 10 years ago, you might have been considered in bad shape. Times have changed. As far as I'm concerned. Liver mets are the way to go. If your gonna get a met, get it in the liver. There are so many treatment options and the liver is amazingly resilient. If all you have is two little liver mets, you will be fine. If you aren't a surgical candidate, you have rfa and microwave ablation, there is embolization both with and without chemo. There is gamma knife, rapidarc, novalis, sir spheres and theraspheres. Other than surgery, almost all of these are easily tolerated. Good luck!
  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
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    Sonia
    Take a nice deep breath. No worries, okay???
    I have mets to liver, my liver was originally considered non-operable or transplantable, but today it is.
    The wonders of medicine.
    If you read years old posts (and believe me, look at the dates on some of this stuff, world wide web stuff, you're reading, it's almost as old as Moses) then you will worry.
    But from what I've read, these oldies (heh, heh, we won't mention I'm one of them) on this cancer board have been through the liver ordeal and are still here, alive and kicking.
    So take those deep breaths, calm down, and know you'll be around to ask many more questions then we might have answers for in the long foreseeable future.
    Winter Marie
  • zenmonk
    zenmonk Member Posts: 198
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    liver mets
    Liver mets can be beat. There are many success stories on here. I had liver mets that were considered inoperable at the time. Now they are gone.
  • John23
    John23 Member Posts: 2,122 Member
    #6
    Sonia -

    Re:
    "I have read a couple of post where its been mentioned if you
    get cancer in your liver that is it."

    The liver regenerates itself, so they can chop and dice, and it'll grow
    back like new. And there are tons of ways to kill cancer cells; chemo
    and radiation are the only two ways that are usually suggested on
    this forum. Don't allow cancer to scare you into -any- remedy.
    Investigate, and learn about everything available, it's your life,
    and only you can decide what's best.

    Re:
    "should l start writing a will?"

    You should have a will made out anyway. Unless of course, you prefer
    the government take it all, or your estate gets tied up in litigation forever.

    We all hate to face the fact that we're not immortal, and it's too bad
    that it takes a terminal illness to send us scurrying to the lawyers....

    I too, waited until I could see the writing on the wall, and then, we made
    out wills stating what our wishes were.

    It's something that should have been done years and years ago....

    We all worked hard for what we have; when we leave, wouldn't
    it be nice if the product of our life-long efforts could continue on
    with someone dear to us?

    I will NOT allow all my junk and broken yard-sale items go to waste!



    (you're gonna' be around for a long time, don't worry about it)

    John
  • SueRelays
    SueRelays Member Posts: 485
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    John23 said:

    Sonia -

    Re:
    "I have read a couple of post where its been mentioned if you
    get cancer in your liver that is it."

    The liver regenerates itself, so they can chop and dice, and it'll grow
    back like new. And there are tons of ways to kill cancer cells; chemo
    and radiation are the only two ways that are usually suggested on
    this forum. Don't allow cancer to scare you into -any- remedy.
    Investigate, and learn about everything available, it's your life,
    and only you can decide what's best.

    Re:
    "should l start writing a will?"

    You should have a will made out anyway. Unless of course, you prefer
    the government take it all, or your estate gets tied up in litigation forever.

    We all hate to face the fact that we're not immortal, and it's too bad
    that it takes a terminal illness to send us scurrying to the lawyers....

    I too, waited until I could see the writing on the wall, and then, we made
    out wills stating what our wishes were.

    It's something that should have been done years and years ago....

    We all worked hard for what we have; when we leave, wouldn't
    it be nice if the product of our life-long efforts could continue on
    with someone dear to us?

    I will NOT allow all my junk and broken yard-sale items go to waste!



    (you're gonna' be around for a long time, don't worry about it)

    John

    I had mets to my liver and
    I had mets to my liver and had 1/2 of it removed in February! It has grown completely back and I feel great! New liver, so I had to baptize it the other night in tequila :)!
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #8
    Let's Go (away) Mets
    and de-liver us from evil spots...
    Like many have said, liver mets are not uncommon at all and can be dealt with through various treatment options. I had 60-70% of my liver removed. While the liver may not grow back to it's initial size, it returns to full functionality.
    -p
  • jams67
    jams67 Member Posts: 925 Member
    #9
    I had half my liver removed
    I had half my liver removed 5 years ago, and there is no sign of cancer today. The liver is the only organ that grows back, when part of it is removed.
    (Hugs) Jo Ann
  • Sonia32
    Sonia32 Member Posts: 1,071 Member
    #10
    Thank you to the liver crew :-)
    Hugs I haven't had my MRI report back yet, or my cea, the latter I will get from my doctor tomorrow. But just all your words of wisdom has put me at ease, thank you to my family!

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