Postby Bev G » Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:36 pm
Hi Diane,
At the time I had made it 5 years after the liver resection without recurrence he told me he was going to proclaim me "cured". However, at that visit he told me he was quite sure I had a new primary because of numerous hilar lesions seen on the CT. The resulted in having a bronchoscopy and a half dozen biopsies done the following week, all of which turned out to be benign, thank God. The thoracic guy didn't know what they were butt were sure they weren't malignant. there was a brief thought about sarcoidosis, butt I don't have that either. So, though I didn't actually see my onc on the magical date, he had already told me I am "cured"...also told me he planned to do NO follow-up. That wasn't OK with me because of the stage IV diagnosis and the very, very small recurrence risk after five years. Before I have gotten a chance to go back in and speak with him about follow-up plans, I got a letter from him saying he's relocating to Boston....So, I know my doc has a fantastic reputation, and he is faculty at one of the Ivies, but I was never really nuts about him. Perhaps even a little less now after him having said he was "quite sure" I had a new primary, scaring the crap out of me. So I will get a different onc at Dartmouth assigned to me and take it from there.
WHat a long answer to your short and sweet question, butt yes, I guess I'm cured.
xox to you
58 yo Type1 DM 48 years
12/09 Stage IV 2/22 nodes + liver met, colon resec
3 tx FOLFIRI, liver resec 4/10
9/10 6 mos off chemo, Neg PET&CTC CEA nl
2/11 finished total 10 rounds chemo
9/13 ^17th clean PET/CT NED for now