I am so thankful for the news you got! I would do all follow up scans with you surgeon’s hospital. They are better prepared to compare new scans with previous one!

Dave

That’s awesome Dave!!! Guess what—my mom got great news on her most recent scans as well—everything looked clear and CEA dropped. I am so thankful. But even crazier, due to COVID, her surveillance was pushed back and rescheduled to June 17th so you guys were at Mayo on the same day!!! I am so glad ...

I had my 6 month scans and follow up visit today at Mayo Rochester. I can not tell you how much I like doing everything in one day! All blood work, mri, and CT were “unremarkable”! We even talked of going to 1 year for scans possibly after the next 6 month check in. I was not sure I would make it to...

I had my 6 month scans and visit today at Mayo. I have been taking a low dose aspirin for over a year now and asked my onc. what the recommended dosage was as I tend to bleed pretty easily. He told me to keep taking what I am, but there isn’t a definitive dosage at this time.

Dave

That is awesome news Rob! I am at Mayo Rochester for scans tomorrow.

Dave

Hi Vana3, Sorry you have to go through this. I had a very similar experience with my first post surgery scans. They were done at my local hospital and they were very concerned about recurrence. They sent me back to Mayo because I was scheduled for take down surgery and they don’t mess with liver stu...

I don’t know you mom’s full story, but I would definitely seek a 2nd opinion at a major cancer center. I had one of my liver Mets ablated But it was in conjunction with a wedge resection and primary tumor removal so I can’t give you any insight into how taxing the procedure is. I very could be wrong...

Awesome, Amy! Enjoy the day!

Dave

Congrats and thank you for the hope you give!

Dave

Welcome Readerokie, But sorry you guys are here at the same time. I think Stu said it well and I have no info about fertility either. I would only add that an MRI might be in order. MRI does a better job of identifying liver tumors than a CT. Like Stu said, I think it is great that they were able to...

margiej wrote:
Thanks, Dave..will be interesting to hear his thoughts. You must be in my neck of the woods...I am in Western Wisconsin.

Hi Margie,

I am in Central MN, so pretty close. I was at Mayo for surgery and radiation and now all of my follow ups.

Dave

Timely thread! I have been taking a low dose aspirin for a couple years now as I read similar reports. I have an upcoming June appointment with my Onc at Mayo. It is my understanding that he has published some studies about the use of aspirin to prevent recurrence of CRC. I have met with his NP the ...

That is great news, Claudine!

After he gets out, time to celebrate!!

Dave

That is so awesome, Claudine, that it is not a cancer surgery! Praying for great results.

Dave

Welcome!

This is a great place with many knowledgeable people and those of us that don’t know much but they let in the club anyway.


Dave