Hi roadrunner, Thanks for your detailed answer. The oncologist's preference for Xeloda might be because of past success with it (initial diagnosis) and my recent challenges with Folfiri (was harder to tolerate, full hair loss, was off work). The four nodules are reported in four lobes and therefore ...
Hi, My latest CT scans shows a lower right bilobed nodule that grew from 3mm in June 2023 to to 7-8mm in Oct 2023. Three other nodules are mentioned in the scan- all below 5 mm. two are located at the edge - peripheral/juxta-pleural. My oncologist has has asked me to start Xeloda and continue for 6 ...
Ruth, I am really sorry for your loss. Riki was a source of hope and inspiration to me. I used to read all his posts . Both he and I were diagnosed at the same time. I still can't believe he is gone. Hugs Sree
Having a PET scan is the right approach and I am glad it has already been scheduled. During recurrence of cancer, usually the CEA rises continuously. It is of some comfort to know that in the case of your sister, it has not been continuously increasing but kind of fluctuating and staying around 5. C...
CRC mets to lungs without any metastasis to liver are not uncommon. This usually happens when the primary tumor is in the rectum, not colon. There are several. people in this forum who had lung met and no liver met. I am an example. So is the user Atoq I think it is important to verify whether your ...
It grew 1-1.5 mm since April. Then it was very small, less than 1mm if I remember. MD Anderson is using a different CT scan, and a lot better of one than the previous oncologist. I don’t know if this better scan just picked it up better when comparing it to previous scan. So sorry for any confusion...
Thank you for your reassurances, roadrunner. It was not the Mayo oncologist but the one at University at Minnesota (my primary oncologist) who made the 'I told you so' comment. I was upset by it because in 2019, he had given me the option to decide whether I wanted to do chemo or not after lung VATS...
rp, I have answered your questions to the best of my ability. I'm working on a long answer of cumulative experiences. Could you fill in some of the story gaps running up to surgery and chemo? What kind of direct conversations and outside consults did you have with various surgeons before surgery. Di...
Hi, After my VATS surgery to remove a solitary lung nodule in August 2019, I did not do a follow up radiation or chemo. Mayo said that some chemo is recommended but my oncologist at University of Minnesota was not insistent upon it. Fortunately I had no lung issues since then. However, two years lat...
I was in a similar situation in 2019. A solitary lung spot was growing 1 to 2 mm every few months. I had it biopsied, confirmed it was cancer and had it removed through a VATS wedge resection. By the time it was removed, the lung nodule was 1.2 cm in diameter. However my CEA did not rise at all duri...
Dennyp wrote:My CEA today stayed the same, I assume that’s a good sign. My oncologist doesn’t seem too concerned so we’ll do a PET scan for my next routine scan.
Good idea waiting out and measuring CEA before doing any drastic surgery.
Dennyp, Thanks for your concern, Dennyp. A biopsy was done on lymph node which was positive. But when lymph nodes were removed during surgery, they were negative for adenocarcinoma. Something is off. Either the biopsy was wrong. Or the pathology study of lymph nodes removed during surgery was wrong....