Our 5th secondary liver cancer survivor Patty shares her latest cancer treatment option eliminating stress and eliminating chemotherapy side effects. Please comment if your experience is similar as hers.
Patti has secondary liver cancer with unknown primary. In other words: traditional health care has little to no clue how to treat a cancer they cannot even identify.
From our other metastatic liver cancer survivors we learned that in order to be successful, we need all of the following cancer treatment options:
- chemotherapy treatment
- add to that any alternative cancer treatments or natural cancer cures that boost your immune system
- have a positive mind-set
- eliminate stress
- lead a healthy lifestyle (that especially means exercise for those who don’t move too much)
Patti however decided to end her chemotherapy treatments. Why?
- diagnosed in August 2007, she was given several chemotherapy treatment injections.
- after that she was on oral Xeloda – Xeloda is used for metastatic breast and colon cancer chemotherapy – for 8.5 months:
both with no change, except for the fatigue as one of the main chemotherapy side effects.
Patti’s "new cancer treatment" exists of :
- having the right mind-set or like she says:
I’m “done” with cancer
- reducing stress by not focusing on the cancer
Patti wants to know who has a similar experience?
All our father has in common with you Patti is that the had also a liver cancer with unknown primary. Once diagnosed, he stopped doing any blood-test and continued his life like it was.
The strange thing is that we figure he had some "unknown symptoms" about 2 years before his cancer diagnosis but he accelerated to go downhill fast after his diagnosis. Like we said: not at all a similar experience than yours.
Patti’s secondary liver cancer treatments
Patti commented her secondary liver cancer story at Can chemotherapy cure metastatic liver cancer or do we need to explore other cancer treatment options?
I was diagnosed with secondary liver cancer of unknown origin on August 1, 2007.
I’ve been given several chemotherapy injections over the first 6 months with no change. I was on oral Xeloda for 8.5 months, again with no change.
Other than pretty mild reactions to the chemotherapy treatments – the worst being fatigue! I stopped taking Xeloda in Oct. 2008. I will be given another CT scan the 1st week of Feb, 2009.
Does that make me a “survivor”? Nothing has gotten better, and nothing has gotten worse. All my blood tests are fine. I imagine you are wondering if I DO have cancer. Yes, unfortunately.
In July 2007 I had a CT scan to help diagnose a cough that wouldn’t go away. They found several tumors in my liver instead.
I had a biopsy and they determined it is adenocarcinoma in the liver but of unknown origin.
I’ve decided to be “done” with cancer. I’m just going about my life as if it wasn’t there. It’s a LOT less stressful that way. I’m going to get CT scans every three months and have all the blood tests – I’m not in denial, just figure I am living with all these tumors in my liver and I’m not going to let them get me down any longer.
Anyone else have this type of experience?
Patti
Thanks Patti for sharing! Lots of hugs!
Patti’s secondary liver cancer treatments summarized:
- Patti’s done with cancer and chemotherapy and as such reduces her chemotherapy side effects and stress level big time
- Patti wants to hear similar experiences from others diagnosed with secondary liver cancer