Hi , I would start by trying to find out the best surgeons / radiologist within your area . Consult with them both and hear what they have to say then work out what options give you the best approach to removing it . Your oncologist should be able to help identify them for you ! Then you are fully ...

Thank you DennyP. It was such a welcome thing to see your message.

I hope both of us stay disease free and live longer.

Could you please share details of where you got your surgical treatment and if it was laparoscopic? How long was the recovery? What were the side effects of FOLFIRI?

skb

Hi,
Sorry to hear that. Perhaps the results of your CT and colonoscopy are all ok and hence the delayed follow up meeting.

Please ask for the results to be emailed to you

skb

Thanks a lot for your detailed response rp1954

zap meaning surgical removal? Ablation?

Hi, My latest PET scan lit up a lymph node in pelvic region (retroperitoneal lymph node along right obturator chain). The lymph node in question is 1.2 cm x 1.6 cm (SUVmax=5.8 ). There were no other findings in the PET scan. It has been four years since my first rectal cancer was fully treated. The ...

The PET scan found a hypermetabolic lymph node in the pelvis measuring 1.6cmx1.2 cm (near obturator chain in pelvic region) that was ruled 'recurrence' unless proven otherwise. I am so bummed. Has this kind of met been treated for any of you? If yes, please share details. I have not met with my onco...

Hello beach_sunrise,
How did your PET scan go?
My CEA is also rising with nothing visible in CT, I am requesting the doc for a PET but it has not been scheduled yet
skb

Hi DarknessEmbraced, I have felt rectal pressure only when I had a tumor in there. From your signature, it appears that you have been cured and disease-free for about 5 years. Congratulations. If this is a new development, it is probably best to consult your GI doctor and get a sigmoidoscopy or colo...

Hi Rikimaroo No, I was not getting any treatment from Jan to July when the CEA jumped. I have not got any chemo since 2017 Dec and no treatment since solitary lung nodule surgery in August 2019. I got some chemo after my wait and watch but I did not get any after the solitary lung nodule surgery in ...

Rikimaroo,
Good to hear from you. Thanks for writing back.

You and I were both in Wait and Watch together in 2017 and I used to check for your posts. It was painful to read about your journey over the last few years.

I wish you all the best

skb

The colonoscopy came back clean.
Now I think my oncologist may order a PET

My second CEA reading came up as 17.3, so definitely something is up
I am so upset.
Thanks beach sunrise for your kind words of support

Jen, Sorry to hear about your diagnosis. I went through colorectal diagnosis in 2017, got a lung met in 2019 and now my CEA is high again. One in every two Americans will get a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. SO this is becoming common. Treatments are always improving. There are many stage 4 sur...

Hi beach rise, It was a Siemens CT machine. My blood test and CT tests are usually scheduled the same day, the CT following the blood test. This time, the blood test was scheduled after the CT. So the blood was drawn within 10 minutes of me getting a contrast injection (isovue 370 128mm). European h...