Wed. Jul 31st, 2024

Medical

I will provide all the medical information that has accumulated over the years. CT Scans, MRI, labs, etc. will all be available. Hopefully someone can make good use of it for future medical advances.

Mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer metastasis Liver.  She had an emergency colon by-pass surgery back in 2015 and have been on a few different chemo combinations since.  She also had a surgery in April 2018 to remove the main colon tumor and fix some other things. 

Oct 2015 – Dx at Stage IV Colon Cancer met Liver
Oct 2015 – Surgery – Laparotomy, intestinal bypass and liver biopsy
Nov 2015 – March 2016 – 5-Fu, Oxaliplatin, Leucovorin
April 2016 – May 2016 – 5-Fu, Leucovorin
May 2016 – Oct 2017 – Avastin, Irinotecan
48 cycles so far
Oct 2017 – Oncology Dr. wants to start my mom on Lonsurf and also suggested Stage I/II clinical trials at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Nov 2017 – SIRT Y90 radiation procedure for the liver tumors
Jan 2018 – Started on Lonsurf pills
April 2018 – 3 cycles on lonsurf pills then had a surgery to remove the appendix, ascending colon, fix hernia and remove MAIN colon tumor.
June 2018 – 1 cycle of lonsurf pills, CT scan shows liver tumors grew a bit. Switching back to infusion chemo: 5-Fu and Avastin
April 2019 – Start Stivarga
June 2019 – Stop Stivarga and Start on Afinitor
Aug 2019 – Stop Afinitor
Sept 2019 – SIRT Y90 radiation procedure for the liver tumors
Oct 2019 – Start Folfiri
March 2020 – Stop Folfiri (Hospital stopped cancer patients from coming in because of possible covid infection to their weak immune system)
June 2020 – Start Folfiri 1 cycle, EHMC says go to hospice
Sept 2020 – MSK starts Oxaliplatin, 5-Fu (1 cycle), PTC procedure for high bilirubin
Oct 2020 – Hospice because of failing liver and kidney
Nov 1, 2020 – Mom passed in her sleep at 1:14:35 AM