My wife just came back from her Onc appointment, and she had a clean scan, and her cea dropped and is 1.8 now from the last value of 2.2 we were so worried because of the upwards trend the last 3 values, but this time it has dropped We are now approaching 3 years since chemo ended and over 3 and a h...

Thanks for the replies and reassurances

So maybe we are a little over cautious, but its so hard to not be with this disease

My wife saw her onc today for her 6 month visit, and the onc said all blood work was fine, including the CEA which was 2.2 Now that is not a high number, but I have heard that it is the upwards trend that should be concerning My wife was shocked that it went up again, but the onc gave the usual spee...

The CEA was good, all other Blood work good as well She never gets the ca 19-9 test, but gets the ca 125 test which was good as well It is just too bad that my wife did not see the req or else she would have mentioned it to him to include the chest I know doctors are human as well, but when they mak...

My wife had her yearly scan to be done earlier this month. This time the scan requisition was given by her surgeon. Usually it was her onc who does it, but this time the surgeon did it. When she went for the CT scan, she found out that it was only for her abdomen and pelvis area. The surgeon did not...

I know for the 2b patient (as my wife was) having a T4 tumour is a high risk factor, and oxi was definitely recommended by the onc, but the 2a patients there were also getting oxi, even though they had no high risk factors...this from talking with them in the "chemo lounge" This is in Cana...

Just wondering if anyone else has issues with bowel movements. My wife finished her chemo in November of 2011, and since then has had on and off again issues with her bowel movements. It always seems that she struggles to have a bowel movement. She now takes stool softeners as well as something (lac...

I have wondered that as well and asked around
Some have said from the day of surgery, and some have said from when the last treatment is done...so if you had chemo, it would be from the last chemo session

Not sure which if any are correct

CR GUY is upset because his Canucks got knocked out again...and early this time...

As long as everyone knows most of the players are Canadians, it is almost like an all Canadian final...as it is every year....

My wife had the same diagnosis as your dad stage 2b, and she was given 12 rounds of folfox via picc line going to hospital every 2 weeks, having the chemo, then going home the same day with a pump which continued infusing for 46 more hours...then that would be removed by a nurse who came to the hous...

Hi Bussman My wifes line reads almost the same as yours...T4 but no tumour deposits, so she is staged 2b her last CT scan was Dec 2012, and the onc now has her on yearly scans instead of every 6 months Her timeline is almost as yours, just a few months later than yours...resection was April 2011 We ...

Was wondering if any people have found this to be helpful in dealing with neurapathy My wife has continuing neuropathy in her feet...not pain just tingling which is annoying, and has not gotten any better since her chemo ended in Nov of 2011 We are looking into this product as well as L-Glutamine fo...

Sorry about the news, but hopefully it is not related to the CC Before my wife was diagnosed with cc, she also had a brain tumour, and it was much bigger than your lesion when we saw the neurosurgeon, after the MRI he said it was a menengioma (sp) and those are usually benign, and he said many peopl...

You are staged exactly as my wife was She finished her chemo in Nov 2011, and took 12 treatments of folfox, and the last 2 the oxilaplatin was reduced by 50% Now almost 16 months later, she still has the neuropathy in her feet...not debilitating, but annoying, especially first thing in the morning I...

a T4 tumour extends all the way through the last layer of the colon, which is the serosa a T3 tumour does not extend quite as far but still all the way through the muscle layer to the serosa, which is the last layer of the colon so a T4 tumour extends further through and has increased chance of spre...