Port out, take down done!

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ForDad
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Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby ForDad » Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:06 am

Very happy for you, and I hope you never need the port again. You look beautiful - please feel free to dispense eyebrow grooming tips. :)
Daughter to Dad age 67 @dx, Dec. 2013 (now 73)
Stage IV cecum, 4 liver mets, CEA 21.8
MSS, KRAS mutant (G13D), MLH1 mutant (V384D), and TP53 mutant (G245S)
1/14 FOLFOXIRI, 2x
2/14 FOLFOX, 1x
3/14 Right hemicolectomy, 2/38 nodes
4/14 FOLFOX, 4x
8/14 Liver resection
9/14 Liver tumor growth: microwave ablation
10/14 FOLFIRI, 6x
1/15 NED
2/16 8 to 10 lesions in lungs
3/16 Avastin + 5FU, 72x
4/19 Growth in lungs, lymph nodes. FOLFIRI + Avastin, 4x (CEA 12.4)
7/19 Started Stivarga + Opdivo
10/19 Start Hospice
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mymom
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Location: Connecticut

Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby mymom » Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:11 am

Good for you!
Stage 4 CC DX 5/11
colon/livr rsct 5/11(1 met)
Folfox July-11/11
NED to 5/12
New Primry BC-4/12,Stage 1
2 livermet 5/2012
Liver rsct,HAI 6/12,Folfiri
NED to 10/13,1 liver met,ablation, Folfiri
NED to 12/14, another spot
3/15 NED
Ablation 1 liver met 10/15
1/16-current NED
6/22- small spot liver again, ablation oct 2023
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Delinda
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Location: Washington state

Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby Delinda » Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:38 am

So very happy for you!! Happy dancin' here in Washington state. :D And I too love the new photo. XXOXO, Delinda
62 yo wife & mom
4/14 dx stage IIIC colon cancer
4.5cm tumor, 9/28 nodes
temp colostomy, take down 6/14
7/14 start FOLFOX, 6 mo
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peanut_8
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Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby peanut_8 » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:14 am

Hurray! You are Cover Girl material, with that new pic.
female, diagnosed Jan 14, RC stage 2a, age 56
MSS
April 14, 28 chemo/rad with Xeloda
June 14 adjuvant Xeloda 6 rounds
currently NED
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michelle c
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Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby michelle c » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:35 am

Hooray for you, Cherie.

I was worried about getting my port out, I felt like I was tempting fate having it out but finally I did :D I had it in for three years.

It's a positive step forward and a step closer to feeling "normal"

Best wishes to you.
May 25 2009 Dx with CC (sigmoid colon) 2 days after my 44th b'day
CEA prior to surgery 4.7
Jun 3 2009 LAR - Stage III 3/10 lymph nodes
Jul 6 - Dec 10 2009 - 12 cycles FOLFIRI
Genetic testing - inconclusive for Lynch
Jul 2012 port removed & hernia repair
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CCM
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Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby CCM » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:59 pm

Congrats Cherie!!!!! A newbee here. A word of advise for you, NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Sometime it great sometimes you get a little present :? :shock: . When do they usally remove the port?
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ecbreed
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Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby ecbreed » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:35 pm

Awesome news! !!!!!!!
Chris 43 years old
1/6/12 dx rc with liver mets
1/9/12-5/12 10 rounds FOLFOX
5/12-7/12 5 weekks 5-FU/rad
9/12-12/12 8 rounds leukovorin/ 5-FU
1//4/13 starting FOLFIRI
2/1/13 failed folfiri
2/8/13 started Eribitux
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lemonzinger
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Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby lemonzinger » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:49 pm

Congrats!
Rectal, dx 9/2013 (age 38)
Stage 3b T3N1M0
5 wks radiation w/ 5FU
LAR & temp ileo 1/2014 - 0 of 20 nodes
8 cycles FOLFOX - finished 6/2014
Ileo reversal 8/2014
slightly enlarged lymph nodes in original tumor area - stable since 2015
NED - clear scans 3/2018, 6/2019
NED - Clear colonoscopy 10/2019
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mstults
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Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby mstults » Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:31 pm

We need more good news here. Congratulations!
Male Age 53. Dx CC with numerous liver mets 6/23/12. Colon res 6/24/12. Started folfox 7/24/12. Added avastin 8/27/12. CT 12/27/12 still showing shrink. Took 17 rounds of FOLFOX. Then 5-FU + Avastin. Switched to Irinotecan for 1 yr. CEA rose to >400. Switched to Vectibix 2/18/15. CEA decreasing. Scans show some growth in liver mets. Lung Mets stable to shrinking.

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bitchslapped
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Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby bitchslapped » Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:50 pm

I bet if feels good to get something out that you didn't want in the first place. Bully for you! Hope to hear how you are doing on the other two fronts when you get around to it.

Best Wishes
bs
DSS,35YO,unresect mCRC DX 7/'14,lvr,LN,peri,rib
FOLFOX+Avstn 4 Rnds d/c 10/'14
Stent 9/'14
FOLFIRI+Avstn 10/'14
Gone From My Sight 2/20/15
Me:garden variety polyps + precancerous polyp, diverticulitis
Carergver x2 DH,DM dbl occupancy,'03-'10
DH dx 47YO mCRC,'04-'07, lvr, billiary tree fried x HAI
DM dx CC 85YO,CC,CHF,stroke,dementia,aphasia
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jean60
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Re: Port out, take down done!

Postby jean60 » Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:53 pm

Great news Cherie! I hope to have my port out one day as well. Will be wishing you well with your reversal and I must echo all the other comments about your pic. You look just beautiful!

Jean
Dx Rectal Cncr 5/12
Stage III
5 weeks Chemo (5FU) & Radiation completed
LAR with temporary ileostomy 9/12, complete response
Began FOLFOX 10/12. oxil reduced after tx 1, eliminated after tx 2. Now 5FU.
Finished 1/13
Ileostomy reversal 5/13
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