Don't panic about things that you cannot influence << I agree - easier said than done >>. As Basil said, there are many options these days. Keep in mind that you're in the hands of docs who have spent half their lives understanding cancer. One good thing is that you already know is that your CEA may...

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Had the official review. Onc proposes to do the next checkup in June and then move to annual.
Feels like I'm slowly getting off the hook . . . .
L

Sorry to hear.
Condolances,
Leon

Congrats. I think I understand how happy you must be
Leon

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Hi dear ColoncClubbers, I'm now 5 yrs after Dx and 4 yrs after liver surgery. Did progress to bi-annual checkups in Nov 2016, and had a routine CT with blood work Thursday (Nov 30). Funny that, although life has returned to almost normal and check-ups have become routine, I'm always short fused some...

mpbser wrote:. . . Husband will be completing Cycle 3 on Wednesday and he is doing really great . . .

Thanks for the update. Congrats that round 3 is almost under the belt.
Hope that things continue to be manageable and that you can celebrate more victories.
Best wishes, L

. . . Still, NED! 5.5 years cancer free almost 7years from stage iv dx. Wonderful!! . . . ortho will have to follow up . . . . most commonly occurs in the hip . . . sounds a little scary . . . I googled Avascular Necrosis ( :shock: yeah, I still google sometimes), it seems there are various ways to...

'teacher2017 signature' (Sept 19) wrote:Peritoneum & retro unremarkable
Ctscan says no spread but who knows!
Resection this Friday - Sept 22

Best wishes for tomorrow.
Greetings L.

So depressed tonight. The waiting for surgery is horrific. I need to stop feeling so hopeless. Your stories help. But I still read all the terrible endings. I feel just lost... Hi Teacher, sorry to see you in distress. We've all been there. The uncertainty of the first weeks are especially difficul...

None that I worried about. Had (one day only) a tiny bit of blood in stool, that I neglected. Went into retirement a few months later and then had a relaxed chat with our family doctor on ageing and the kind of support that I (don't) want in the years ahead out of the principle that those things sho...

Obvious: CAP=chest abdomen pelvis. Thanks DE/CR for clarifying.

DE wrote: . . . why the protocol is to take chest off of the scans if the first year ct scans are normal?

I'm on 6-mos scans now (stage IV - approaching 4 yrs since surgery):
- abdomen/pelvis each scan
- chest added every other one (=annual)

CR, what does C-A-P stand for?

CRguy wrote:I believe C-A-P CT scans are warranted for CRC follow ups ... UNTIL proven otherwise

. . . eating pickles while on chemo will help with my taste buds. anyone ever hear of that or have any thoughts or ideas if that will work My experience: try anything that you can think of. I've had pleasure from pickles; avocado/bacon sandwiches; ham/cheese toast; tonic water/coca cola (cuts throu...

Downbutnotout wrote:I'm struggling and oddly terrified about having the Staples removed next week.

I was terrified about the removal of the staples too. Had plenty after the liver resection - must have been 25 or 30 or so.
It turned out not bad at all - all fear subdued once the first 3 or 4 went out easily.