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Hi ...
My oncologist finally, reluctantly gave me the okay to see the RFA specialists about the 2 tumors on my liver. Everything seemed to be looking up - I was hoping for RFA in a couple weeks and to stay on my Femara and Herceptin for a good long time. BUT... the radiologists did an MRI of my liver and told me that my 2 tumors sit on the top right lobe of my liver... nicely tucked close to my heart... so they are not feeling so sure that they can get a clean margin. And worse. there seems to be a small tumor on the left side of the liver that no one knew about... either a new one since I came off chemo in Nov and switched to the Femara, or its a tiny one that's been there, but the CT scan didn't pick it up. My next CT scan is scheduled for the 31st - before the RFA, so we'll get that important question answered... I hate to think that I won't be able to do the RFA after all the hoops I jumped through to get my oncologist to allow it... but more importantly, I'm scared and upset to think that the Femara didn't hold me long at all :( I was hoping for a longer break from chemo after a long 9+ months of every week treaatments (Taxol/Carbo/Herceptin - shrank the tumors about 60%).
What I was wondering - from you who have considered or done RFA - were any "new" tumors found when they were doing your RFA or before in the pretreatment scans? Did any of you have more than one met treated? Did any of you have mets in a tricky place in the liver? How did it go? Did any of you decide NOT to do RFA? Did you decide to go ahead? Who was your doctor/Where?
I would truly appreciate some insight.....
Warm wishes...
Angela
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