Bite the Bullet
"Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good." -2 Sam 10:12 [View from Table Rock on a recent hiking/camping trip] High Level Process Update Liver surgery was performed Nov 9 without incident (that I'm aware of). I resumed chemo this past Mon, Jan 9. The regimen as of now is only Panitumumab (Vectibix), the monoclonal antibody I've had before that causes the skin rash, which is technically not chemo. The plan is to take another CT scan around April and determine whether this maintenance regimen of one infusion every 4 weeks is enough to maintain status quo. CEA is 9.2 (up from 7.2 a few weeks ago, which was up from 4.9 before liver surgery - not very bad). Why Liver Surgery? In the past we were debating on whether liver surgery was a good idea or not. Oncologists we saw from Duke and the Mayo Clinic did not recommend it because it is risky and statistically does not prolong life