Postby LeonW » Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:05 pm
I used to travel a lot before Dx and blamed the dreadful airline chairs for frequent lower-back aches. Had no idea that these dull aches could be health related and didn't volunteer any news on this when going in for the colonoscopy. Had no idea what the doc meant when he asked if I experienced any 'travel pains' - and answered negative.
Now I know. It's the dull lower back pain caused when my tumor started to press onto other organs (kidneys?). The pain I blamed the airline companies for.
Not excruciating, just a nasty, lingering, daily, dull lower-back pain.
L
Dec 2012 - CC 2 unresect liver mets, CEA 41.8 (MM 65yrs)
Jan 2013 - colectomy @ spleen 2/26 nodes IVa T3N1bM1a
Feb-Jul - 1x Xelox-7x Xelox/Avastin, shrinkage from #3
Aug - 2x PV embolization (both failed)
Sep 2013 - R liver resect, 25d hosp (liver failure/delirium, lung emboli, encephalopathy), no living cancer (pCR)
2014/15 - recovery, scopy: 2 polyps
2016 - new town/life
2018, scopy: 2 polyps
2018/20 low (1.0-1.4) CEAs/clean CTs: 4x2014, 6x2015-17, 3x2018-20
next June 2021!