Hi all,
I just wanted to give an update on my Mam as I know I found it very helpful to see those in the same category as her doing well. She was Stage IIIc.
She will be 3 years NED from Monday (her surgery day!). It was her birthday last weekend and she turned 73.
She was diagnosed at 69 and turned 70 the week before her surgery. All of her scans have been clear and all of her blood tests have been good. Her oncologist only really looks at CEA for tumour markers, however, I get the CA 19-9 added (via her GP) as a result of being a member of this forum (very valuable information!!). That's always been normal, thankfully. We also keep a check on her Vitamin D, her CRP (C-reactive protein), and all of the standard blood tests.
We just had her latest scan in March, right before lockdown here in Ireland. The oncologist gave her the result over the phone (all good thankfully). Appts are a bit all over the place right now with Covid 19 and the fact that our private hospitals (the one my Mam attends is a private hospital) were made public by the government, to deal with the crisis.
Her details:
Dx: 4th May 17
Age diagnosed: 69 (73 now)
Stage: T4/N2/M0 (Stage IIIc) 5/12 nodes positive. Right hemicolectomy surgery 26th May 2017. Lap/Robotic surgery.
Chemo Started 5th July 2017: FOLFOX & Oxaliplatin, 12 rounds (reduced by 20% at round 5)