Signs you are dying.

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texazgal
Posts: 161
Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:40 pm
Location: central Texas

Re: Signs you are dying.

Postby texazgal » Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:05 pm

Has no one noticed that Cherie has not posted since Sept last year? I have a bad feeling that she found the answer to her query sometime last fall.
DX rectal cancer Aug 04
Surgery Sept 04, perm ostomy, "BarbieButt" Sept 23, 04.
June 2019 stage 3 esophageal cancer
Aug. 2019 28 radiations, 5 chemo
Nov. PET shows original tumor and mets resolved, 2 new mets in liver and bone.
May 2020 port installed, started Folfox hope to do 12 rounds, cure not expected
Keytruda April 2021 8 rounds
scan showed small growth in tumors
Paclitaxol started summer 2021.
Scan July 30, 2021 showed small decrease in size of tumors in liver and bone

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NZJay
Posts: 640
Joined: Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:00 pm
Location: NZ

Re: Signs you are dying.

Postby NZJay » Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:09 pm

texazgal wrote:Has no one noticed that Cherie has not posted since Sept last year? I have a bad feeling that she found the answer to her query sometime last fall.


Cherie and I are Facebook pals, and she posted a lovely valentine's message to her husband three days ago :)
11-13 Dx CC
SPS T4b(touched stomach organ),N1(3/23),M0(Stage 3B)
11-13: resect + partial gastrect
2-14: 1 Tx Cape + Oxy; renal failure, colitis
4-14: 7 Tx Capecitabine
1-15: clear CT
7-15: clear scope
1-16: clear CT
3-17: clear CT
10-17: clear scope (5 year gap now!)
CEA@dx: 8.4 / 6-15: 4.0 / 10-15: 4.2 / 2-16: 4.9 / 7-16: 4.9 / 11-16: 5.0 / 6-17: 4.5
NED since resection

texazgal
Posts: 161
Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:40 pm
Location: central Texas

Re: Signs you are dying.

Postby texazgal » Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:25 pm

NZJay wrote:
Cherie and I are Facebook pals, and she posted a lovely valentine's message to her husband three days ago :)


I am so very glad to hear this! I guess she wasn't finding the forum helpful anymore.
DX rectal cancer Aug 04
Surgery Sept 04, perm ostomy, "BarbieButt" Sept 23, 04.
June 2019 stage 3 esophageal cancer
Aug. 2019 28 radiations, 5 chemo
Nov. PET shows original tumor and mets resolved, 2 new mets in liver and bone.
May 2020 port installed, started Folfox hope to do 12 rounds, cure not expected
Keytruda April 2021 8 rounds
scan showed small growth in tumors
Paclitaxol started summer 2021.
Scan July 30, 2021 showed small decrease in size of tumors in liver and bone

JaninOz
Posts: 39
Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:48 am
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Re: Signs you are dying.

Postby JaninOz » Thu Feb 18, 2016 2:51 am

Thank you. I have often wondered how Cherie was doing and if she ever made it to Australia.
Dx Feb 14 Rectal
T2N1M0 CT/MRI Stage 3A.
Apr 14 chemoradiation 24/7 infusion 5FU. Vasospasms. Pump removed.
leucovorin/5FU IV success.
Jul 14 LAR. No tumour cells found.
Oct 14 5FU/leucovorin bolus weekly x 13
Apr 15 Reversal
Apr 16 NED. CEA 0.04. Scan/colonoscopy clear


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