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09-16-2005, 09:22 AM

Hi Jackie,
So sorry you have to go thru this again! If your docs have confirmed that the spot in your liver is a met, you've got lots of options. I've been dealing with liver mets since my primary dx in 2002. After a year of chemo, I was NED for a year.Then a single,stubborn spot popped back up last Sept.
I've tried a number of different approaches including comibining RFA (RadioFrequenceyAblation) + a short round of chemo (2 cycles before RFA, then 2 more after). Because of the location of the spot, the RFA was not completely successful & it's taken a bit more chemo than expected to get to NED, but I am NED again.THANK GOD.
The RFA was a piece of cake-I was in the hosp at 6am & out by 6pm. Very minimal soreness & quick recovery. Please let me know if I can fwd any info on to you.
Hang in there & Keep the Faith!

09-16-2005, 09:22 AM	#5
jessica Guest Posts: n/a	Hi Jackie, So sorry you have to go thru this again! If your docs have confirmed that the spot in your liver is a met, you've got lots of options. I've been dealing with liver mets since my primary dx in 2002. After a year of chemo, I was NED for a year.Then a single,stubborn spot popped back up last Sept. I've tried a number of different approaches including comibining RFA (RadioFrequenceyAblation) + a short round of chemo (2 cycles before RFA, then 2 more after). Because of the location of the spot, the RFA was not completely successful & it's taken a bit more chemo than expected to get to NED, but I am NED again.THANK GOD. The RFA was a piece of cake-I was in the hosp at 6am & out by 6pm. Very minimal soreness & quick recovery. Please let me know if I can fwd any info on to you. Hang in there & Keep the Faith!