I originally went into surgery with the idea that I had Stage I colon cancer. A 3.5 cm mass was reported in the original Colonoscopy. The CT scan showed that there was no lymph activity. Then I went in for surgery a few weeks later. the tumor at that time was measured as only 1.5 x 1.5 x .6 cm. (Does that mean it shrunk?) After the surgical pathology repot came back however, cancer cells were found in 4 out of 21 lymph nodes, so it was termed a Stage III cancer, although, the tumor never grew outside of the wall of the colon to become Stage II...
Currently I am NED awaiting Chemo starting next week. I am wondering, if since the CT scan showed nothing, then does it mean that the lymph nodes were only minorly invaded, or perhaps were recently invaded. In any case, is this a good sign that this was still caught early? Also, does it sound like the tumor was shrinking on its own? Perhaps my body was fighting it off on its own? I dunno... just thinking...