Hello everyone.It has been awhile since I have posted.I have been running and living and hiding out in the redwoods for the last 6 weeks.I do go to my appointments but quickly return to the woods where my beloved Pam and I spent so much time. I met my new oncologist a week ago today and I liked him....

Hello my friends, I will be getting the results of my PET/CT scan that I had done on Friday the 28th tomorrow at 1:45.I am usually not fearful butt I am off the hook AFRAID.I should also receive the re-do of my pathology at the same time.My CEA still hasn't dropped below 13 yet.Overall my recovery f...

Hi everyone, Sorry for the delay.I ended up in the ER yesterday in awful pain they did a CT and blood work and said that I had been doing to much.The only thing I had been doing was walking at lest 2 miles a day,butt I was walking about 1.5 in the hospital.My path report says "INVASIVE COLONIC ...

Hi Everyone, This board was my lifeline while my darling Pam was ill and I stayed after my beloved passed because you had all become part of my life.True I have never met most of you in person but the place you hold in my heart is forever.Although I know it should not be necessary I am going to prea...

Thank you all.It is in fact adanocarcinoma.I have no other info at this time supposedly all the lymph nodes are not yet done.I am still in the hospital, the bandage came off this morning it looks good. The surgeon didn't come in to tell me he called me on the phone still can't get over that. They ju...

Hello everyone I posted the following on my Facebook page and wanted to share it here. Peace and Love ~Helen The sun has come up 584 times since my woman took her last breath here in our home as was her wish.This month has been especially hard without my darling Pam’s physical presence.July is the m...

Well I net with the surgeon on Wednesday and it went ok...Everything was a go until he saw that my CEA had risen again and that even though I had abdomen and pelvis CT's my lungs had not been scanned.Sooo I am waiting for the scan and then surgery will be scheduled.Its looking like 2 weeks most like...

Hi Everyone, I am having scans today abdomen and pelvis,truth is I am nervous....I sat with my darling Pam over and over again while she had these types of scans so I know the process butt it doesn't seem to help with my anxiety this morning.My cousin is going to drive me and I am thankful for that....

Hello All Well it was a difficult week and I am hoping to get more answers this week.I saw my primary on friday and the surgical request for a colorectal surgeon is in now its just a waiting game to see who they want me to go see.I may be wrong butt I don't expect to hear from the insurance company ...

Hi ritz75

I couldn't agree more.My CT is scheduled for next Wednesday,both barium and contrast.

Peace and Love

~Helen

Hello Everyone, Thank you all for your kind words they mean a lot to me.I saw the GI today and 7 polyps came back precancerous they were all around 4-8mm in size.The big polyp 2.5cm will be of course biopsied when I have surgery I don't have the date yet.They will be doing a resection and of course ...

Thank you PainInTheAss it is very surreal! I am hoping for the best and in some ways know way to much to not have a healthy dose of fear.When my CEA came in at 14.2 fear crept in,hoping for biopsy news by Wednesday. CRguy your willingness to share your knowledge and point of view is something I have...

Thank you Mary! I couldn't agree more.This board walked me thru some very hard days and actually the hardest days of my life.I will forever be grateful to have found CC when I did in the early days of my beloved wife's journey.And I have stayed even after loosing Pam because maybe one day I will be ...

Bumping this back up.im looking for any answers about scan etc.

Hello Everyone. Well I finally had my colonoscopy yesterday and they removed multiple polyps mostly around my rectum,they are being biopsied of course.I have a 2cm polyp that he was not able to remove and he advised I will have to have surgery to remove it,he did tattoo it for the surgeon.I am unsur...