My Secret Santa from Utah sent me a really wonderful scarf that will keep my neck warm during all the cold days and I will definately be thing of him/her every time I wear it and think what a wonderful person they are......I was so excited when I got it the day before Christmas but I kept it to open...

It's my plan to bring it to my oncologist attention also as I have never heard of it . please let me know what your doctor tells you I would be very interested.

Wondering if anyone else has read about this treatment used for stage IV.
http://awomanshealth.com/progress-provides-hope/
using cryotherapy
the story was very hopeful sounding.

thanks CRguy...... you have given me plenty to think about before my port flush next Tuesday......

Livelife what is CA 19.9 ?? I don't think I have seen this before.

I am not in active treatment right now the plan is to start treatment again in January but since I have had more time to think about this I am going to ask my Onc at JH about waiting 4-6 weeks and redo CT and Labs before going on the new treatment. The reason for this is because when we discussed op...

I don't know if it's been a good marker because until I went to the Onc for my second opinion my local Onc never mentioned it but I looked back at my labs and saw that when I had blood drawn that sometimes the CEA was .9 and other times it was 1.2 so I didn't even know about them......... Rick.........

Ok got a call from my Onc about the blood work done on Friday and normally during my treatments my CEA levels have been running from .9 to 1.2 and he tells me that my last blood work it is 10.6........ Which he says he feels there is active cancer and I need to be treated with a new chemo but I don'...

Confused...........sorry it wasn't pathology report I meant to say, what I meant was the oncologist said he got the report back from the radiologist who has read the scan.............. sometimes when I listen I get confused at what was said but luckily my wonderful rock of a husband can set me strai...

Well I got to say I was NED for such a short period of time and today after my CT scan I have been told the cancer is back in the spot where they had resected it. I am sure all of you who have gone through this knows how it feels to here the news again. I am trying to stay positive about this but i...

jules10100, thanks for letting me know this. Why did you go back for second resection, I mean how did that decision come about? I am interested in this because it is in the back of my mind also about having another resection if it became possible. Today I will be seeing the oncologist and getting my...

Bev just sent you a PM, yes my surgery was at Johns Hopkins
thank you all for the kind encouraging words, will let you know when I get my infor tomorrow.......

I won't know about my cancer markers until tomorrow when my blood is drawn before my Onc visit. My cea has always been at .9 to 1.2, it has never gone any higher than that but my liver surgeon today said that the CT in August showed a shadow on it but that this one shows that the spot has grown to s...

Well I got to say I was NED for such a short period of time and today after my CT scan I have been told the cancer is back in the spot where they had resected it. I am sure all of you who have gone through this knows how it feels to here the news again. I am trying to stay positive about this but it...

It was so great to read this news.........so happy for you.