GrouseMan, Thank You So Much for staying here!!! I do understand your need to speak up. We are many who wish things had started different. Kind regards /LPL (I need to change my signature, my husband is not NED now, he is beeing treated and checked regarding small mets in lungs. Probably been there ...

Beckster, I will try to find out the name of the test she did.

I have a close friend that tested positive for the cologuard test. She does not like doctors and was to scared to go for a colonoscopy. Her GP finally got her to take the Cologuard test, which came back positive. Now she is in a panic and is scheduled for a colonoscopy on July 2nd. The doctor said ...

Dear CRguy,
Thank you for The Folfox Prison Blues!!
& the ‘imagine’ an episode of Star Wars - I wish hubby had read all the Star Wars books our daughter had
(I did make a great queen Amidala costume for the new years party 2000 - I hope that counts on the scale...)

I had a talk with my cancer yesterday. Told it that it that as much as I have grown to appreciate the preciousness of life in the past six months, it no longer sparks joy. I thanked it sent it away. Kidding aside, wonder what others' experience with visualizing the disease leaving your body -- vapo...

Big Congratulations Helen
Wonderful to hear

Well, as I noted in the thread about insurance companies and scans, they wouldn't let me have an MRI, so I had a "triphasic" CT scan instead. This is supposed to do a better job of imaging the liver. Apparently the dye is taken up in the arterial system and portal veins at different times...

mpbser, I’m sorry to hear it has come to this, thank you for letting us know. I wish you and your husband all the best going forward. /LPL

teacher2017 wrote:All clear!!!! All clear!!! BOOYAH!!! Woop Woop! So happy! I’m so sick of worrying! Now for a colonoscopy...going to try and live my life. I will always keep you posted. And I wish you all NED!!!!

Big Congratulations!!!
Wonderful News

Gina I loved to hear about your plans
Wishing you a wonderful time with your family!
Wow a personal Chef included!!
Happy birthday!

This sounds very good AmyG.
My husband had 4 chemo before liver surgery and 8 after = in total 12, so maybe 6 after for you then?

inorganic8 wrote: ... I need to vent a little: ... Wow - having been confronted with so many idiots :evil: in two days - I totally understand your reaction!!! I hope you have good support from relatives - I read about others who are having Big problems with for example in-laws. Sending strengthenin...

LPL - I have probably mentioned this before but people with KRAS G13D mutations are often relegated to the NO EGFr inhibitor treatment group along with all the other KRAS mutations. This is a biased position by many oncologist in that they can't wrap their head around the fact that G13D patients do...

Edit: post moved to another thread.

The Kras G12C mutation occurs in about 7.9 % of colon Cancer patients tumors. So granted this isn't perhaps a great therapeutic discovery for colon cancer. However it seems that a good (150nM IC50) inhibitor - ARS-1620 is an atropisomeric one selective for KRASG12C a mutant form of the guanosine tr...