Welcome. The optimism and faith of your post made me smile. I was similar to you I was 35 at diagnosis stage 3b 2/41 nodes effected. I also have four kiddos aged 9,6,4 and 1 and they are pretty awesome. My cancer was confined to my colon as well. I did 12 rounds of folfox and took it pretty well. I ...

This is amazing news! God is Good! Your wife's story is an inspiration for others, thanks for sharing. Congrats and hopefully #2 will be here in no time!

Hello. Im in the same boat. My first post chemo CT scan showed mildly enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes. I had a PET scan a week later which showed two enlarged lymph nodes one was 1.2 mm and the other was .9 mm. Both showed minimal uptake and little if any metabolic activity. My Oncologist thinks the...

Hello. I had a very similar situation. I was IIIb with 2 lymph nodes effected. I completed 12 rounds of Folfox with no real issues except having CDiff twice. I had a clear colonoscopy in December and my first post CT scan in February which showed an enlarged lymph node in my mesentery. I opted for a...

Congrats! I have followed your posts often because I was III b as well. You are definitely an inspiration for others! This is awesome news! God is good!

I just got back with my meeting with my oncologist. He doesn't seem concerned and stated its a very small chance of it being cancer but he is being cautious. He is unsure if they will even do the biopsy because its in a tough location for a needle biopsy and he isn't entertaining having it removed a...

So I got my PET scan results back the same day. I had two enlarged lymph nodes in my mesentery. One measured 12mm x 11mm and the other was inferior at 9mm. Both had SUV. The larger had SUV of 1.1 and the smaller was 1.6 SUV. Both had "little if any metabolic activity" per the report. My On...

Hello. Sorry you have to stress about this. My post chemo scan showed I had a 13 mm lymph node in my mesentery. My oncologist gave me the option of a two month wait and see or a PET scan. He also said nodes can be enlarged for a number of different reasons cancer only being one . I went with the PET...

So I received the results of my first post op CT scan today. Overall there were no distant metasis and my lungs and liver looked good. So the bad was an enlarged mesenteric lymph node specifically "there is a prominent mesenteric lymph node measuring 13mm x 11 mm. Associated hazy mesenteric str...

Well tomorrow is my first post chemo scan. Scanxiety has definitely set in. My CEA has rose a bit from my pre resection test. Pre resection was a .6 and post chemo was a 1.9, but I was tested again last week and it was a 1.7 so that eased my mind a bit. Quite frankly, this was probably the worst wee...

This may be a stupid question but I was just wondering if others have experienced this. On Friday I had my first post chemo follow up appointment with my oncologist. She ran bloodwork including a CEA. My pre resection CEA was .06 and they advised this was not an indicator for me. Well my most resent...

I just finished up Chemo about a week ago. My colon resection was in May 2016. Lately I have been having a lot of gurgling sounds coming from what I assume is my colon. It comes and goes but sometimes lasts for hours. No pain or anything its just annoying because its rather loud. Was just wondering ...

Friday is my twelfth Folfox treatment and I can not believe that I am finally done with Chemo (hopefully forever!!!) It has been a long summer/fall and I am just ready for it to be over with. I know there is a chance it could come back but right not I am trying not to think about that. I know its go...

Hello. I just wanted to connect with some people that are experiencing the same situation as I am. I am a 36 yoa happily married father of 4. On May 11 2016 I was admitted to the hospital for severe anemia. A CT scan showed inflammation around my colon and two days later I was diagnosed with colon c...