Dear All,

Thanks for all that you have shared.

Heading back to work tomorrow , but will keep myself engaged in this wonderful forum and all the wonderful people here.

Regards
Augustine

If chemo won't kill mosquitoes as they only take a tiny bit of our blood -- wonder what will happened to bed bugs since they suck in much more. Food for thoughts

Augustine

Hi Polarprincess and Astephen333 : I believe the correct url is this http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/5794.cfm, just click on "colorectal cancer". However, this calculator seems more skew towards those not doing chemo, i run a few test and it seems (at least for T3 N0 M0) having post- op ch...

Thanks Eric and chessamay

Hi JustPeachy, i agree that it is on the high side -- but maybe it is due to my high pre-op CEA. May i know what is your pre-op CEA. Thanks

Harlow All, Thanks for all the invaluable comments and thoughts, I will be starting chemo this coming Monday with Xeloda (3000mg per day). The main reason for doing the chemo is that my post-op CEA is at 7.6, which is on the high side. Hopefully, i will be able to tolerate Xeloda well :) Regards Aug...

Hi,

My CEA was 56 but it turns out to be Stage 2, as such CEA is not really a good marker for staging.

Regards
Augustine

Hi Thanks Ashlee, i am from Singapore -- a tiny island in south east asia :). I have check with my local pharmacy and they do have them. Chessamay : Yeap, my pre-op CEA is 56 (August 2011) while my post-op CEA will be out this Friday. I also had my tumor marker (CEA) done in April 2010 as part of my...

Dear All, Many thanks for your response. One general question: My pre-ops CEA is quite high (56) and my tumor is large (11cm by 5cm). Are these pushed factors to have chemo. Hi Lee F : Great to hear that you are able to carry on working while on Xeloda. Hopefully, I would encounter minimum side-effe...

Hi All, Just visit the Oncologist on Friday and the message i got is ... its my decision as having chemo will only reduced the recurrence rate by 3-5%. However, i have come across a recent journal paper which put the difference as 7%. Below url is the abstract http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar...

Hi,

Many thanks for your replies, I will keep in mind all your inputs. Hopefully, i will be able to make a decision after seeing the oncologist. If not, i will come back to pester all of you again .

Regards
Augustine

Dear All, I am diagnose with colon cancer on 01/08/2011 and have right hemicolectomy to remove my ascending colon on 08/08/2011. The histopathology report is as follows: -Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colon -infiltrating into the subserosal fats -no lymp nodes metastasis (0/34) -Re...