My father was detected Sigmod Colon Cancer and metasisis in Liver and Lungs in Oct11. He took 6 cycles of FOLFIRI , now he is very weak and BIlirubin level is 5.9, Docor advised, he cant take Chemotherapy . He feels heaviness in left of stomach and feels pressure for motion every 1 hr , but not much of stool passed, as he hardly takes !1 juice, 2-3 spoon rice and some vegetablee in a day. He has swelling on Feet, which reduced after giving 20% Albumin for 7 days. What treatment is possible.
Hi, Thanks for your query. As you know, cancers mostly are detected during the late stages as in your fathers case.  The swelling in the feet and bilirubin levels are due to the liver damage.  According to what you said, he is very weak due to the toxicities of chemotherapy and moreover due to the disease process itself. Varying treatment modalities are advised by various doctors as there is no treatment which can offer a very high success rate. I would suggest giving him more nutritious food which contain high vitamins and minerals, more fruit juice and nutritional supplementation. This would improve his general health and immunity to a better state than now. The aim of treatment for now should be more on improvement of quality of life rather than the quantity of life. There are also new modalities of complementary therapies like Den Chat Doctor.  Hope I have answered your question. If you require any further assistance please let me know. Thank you. Regards