We went to the oncologist meeting today, as expected we met with a medical registrar as my oncologist is on leave. Unfortunately the MRI results are not clear as to whether the other 3 small lesions in my liver are cancer mets or not. Further, it is not clear at this stage as to whether it would be possible to resect (cut out) all the lesions, due to their dispersal in the liver, if they are all mets.
The next step, hopefully next week, will be a clinical review by all the specialists as to the next step. Quite possibly it will be to wait for another chemo cycle or so and repeat tests.
I asked about prognosis and possible quality of life and duration, but beyond confirming the worst state (6 months), the registrar said she did not have the expertise to comment and that I needed to talk to my oncologist. Hopefully this will happen next week.
The good take out of the meeting is that my medication has been tuned a bit, hopefully my hiccup issues are resolved and I may not get as far down during the first 4 days of chemo. But overall, the news was not what I had been prepared for, due to a lack of clarity about the diagnosis.
Writing this, the shaking continues. There have been 3 or 4 aftershocks in the past 10 minutes. We have come through the past 2 days with only light cosmetic damage to our property, unlike the majority of Christchurch houses.
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