Question: Hi, my husband has been battling stage 4 colon adenocarcinoma with liver mets since November 2011. He had a colon resection (right side) and was given less than 5% chance to make it 5 years. 2 lymph nodes positive. He just stopped chemo in may of this year because nothing was working, CEA was climbing and CT scans didn't show any improvement. We saw a specialist in XXXXXXX and was given 3-4 months. He was hospitalized last week due to SOB and N/V, vomiting coffee ground emesis and blood. Found out he now has lung mets, nothing large enough to cause breathing problems. It's been a week, he's breathing better and seems to feel a lot better and doesn't seem to require a lot of pain meds. I know people usually get better before they get worse again. But how long can that last? And what do I expect in the weeks to come. Doctors say his liver is so enlarged that it's pressing on his diaphram causing SOB. Bilirubin present in his urine but no signs of jaundice yet. His eyes are dark and he looks tired. HR is 120-130s and BP is 140s/100. He's asked his adult children to come get their things out of the house and voiced to me how scared he is to be alone and how he's afraid to sleep, due to him not waking up. I know it's hard to say how much time is left but on average how long to people usually live without treatment? He just seems very anxious. He is 51 and was otherwise healthy before this