My Dad was dx'd w/Colon CA 12/03. He went through 6 months of 5FU and did quite well. A full year after his original dx he perf'ed his viscus, had emergency surgery and it was found that CA is everywhere. On his stomach, two tumors in his liver, throughout his colon, everywhere.
At the time of surgery the oncologist and GI surgeon explained the only thing they could do is more chemo but they were quite clear the best they could hope for was to shrink the tumors on a short term basis. There is no cure here.
Here is my problem, right after telling us the news the oncologist went in and told my Dad that with massive amounts of chemo on a pump in his home he has a 50%-80% chance of a FULL cure.
That's a load, there is no chance for a full cure. My Dad wants to try absolutely anything in an effort to survive this. He's just not ready to go.
I don't want him to destroy whatever quality time he has left with chemo. I've had patients before where the doc wasn't totally honest but never flat out lied like this bozo.
My Dad is calling me asking me for my opinion. I really don't know how to handle this. Some advice from my fellow brothers and sisters would be greatly appreciated.