Hey folks!
I just had a talk with my oncologist after a progress CT was done (chest, abdomen, and pelvis) with the good news that my CEA levels went down (started with 147 and I'm now down to 74!) and the CT showed some of the tumors have been shrinking, no dramatic changes but still any shrinkage is better than nothing (or worse the tumors growing in size). Although it's great news especially since I had a few complications since my diagnosis in September 2014 and I had to skip a month and a half due to blood clots, pneumonia, liver biopsy, etc.
I told her that one of the things that motivates me to continue treatment is the hope of getting my colostomy reversed since when I was first given it I was told that only a bit of my sigmoid colon was taken out so getting it reversed after chemotherapy is possible. I was still keeping that in mind throughout all these moths since I'm not at all fond of my colostomy, except my onc said that most people keep theirs even after treatment and just live with it for the rest of their lives, is this true? I see some posts on here talking about their reversals as well as the issues the people deal with it, however I still want to get rid of my stoma.
Should I be concerned about this? Is it true most people keep their stomas (when the option of a reversal is possible)? My surgeon said after chemo I can get a reversal and being told otherwise worries me since its a major reason I can try to deal with the effects of my treatments since they kick my ass, and since being told the treatment is working I'm worried now.