I don't think whether you eat or not has any effect on CEA. Keep in mind that you can draw for a cea in the morning and it can be 3.0 and two hours later draw for another one it it can be 3.3 and yet two hours after that draw for one it it may be 2.9. They can fluctuate within hours with different b...

Most likely, they will repeat his cea in about 6 weeks. If it is a re occurrence, it will usually continue to rise if his cea is a good marker for him. Some people who have colon cancer never have an elevated cea. What was his before surgery? If it was elevated some, did it go down after surgery? if...

that is sooooo great!

I agree that a second opinion from a major cancer would be very beneficial now.

On several of my husbands pet and ct scans, they mentioned cysts in his liver, kidney and pancreas, all of which remained stable for over five years. Our oncologist at MDA told us from the start not to worry about them because it was very clear on the scans they were cysts, but of course I worried. ...

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wishing and praying for the very best news!

deb m

Hello everybody, My husband had a colonoscopy Monday and he was clean as a whistle. He is now 8 years out from surgery, 7 1/2 years out from chemo and has remained NED from stage IIbt4a colon cancer. I can't believe it's been 8 years already. Next colonoscopy is in three years. We feel extremely ble...

Hello, were another stage II, ascending colon cancer. We also got our treatment at MDA cancer center in Houston Texas and we were highly advised to do the chemo because my husband was also positive for LVI and he was also a t4. Even if he wasn't a t4, they still would of highly recommended chemo jus...

The PET scan before my husbands surgery showed several nodes along the iliac chain enlarged, so when they did his resection, they were sure to remove them all. Guess what, they were all cancer free. We were told that they were probably enlarged do to infection or something. He did have a high white ...

My husband surgery was also on his right side. He had his cecum and pretty much all of his acceding colon removed. I can't say he had any of those issues. He was back to doing everything normal about 2-3 months after surgery. My first thought was a hernia? I think you should have a ct scan done. deb m

As a care giver to my husband, I completely understand. I found myself literally living from ct scan to ct scan, without remembering anything in between. I myself had a simple medical procedure last year which required an overnight stay in the hospital, the same hospital that my husband spent so man...

Mike,

when it comes time for surgery, make sure it's a board certified colo-rectal surgeon. This is very important. I'm glad to hear that your first round went pretty well.

deb m

Welcome to the board. I guess I'm a little confused. I thought with colon cancer in the ascending colon, surgery always comes first to remove the tumor and nodes and then follow up chemo. I thought it was only rectal cancers and those in the descending colon that chemo and sometimes radiation was do...

Be sure to wear sunscreen. Our oncologist to us that folfox makes you super sensitive to sun.