Celebrating Seven Years

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chrissyrice
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby chrissyrice » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:10 pm

Great news Eric :D

Hoping for 7 x 7 more :mrgreen:

Chrissy
DX 10-31-09 Surgery 12-1-09 Sigmoid Colon
Stage IIIb T3,N2,MX; Chemo Feb 2010-Aug 2010; 4 rounds Folfox; 8 rounds 5FU +LV
12/2010 PET/CT Scan, Cancer Free
7/2012 CT Scan NED 2 years
10/2013 NED 3 years
8/2014 NED 4 years
Recurrence 6/2015: iliac lymph node(s)
8/2015 Surgery: 3 cm tumor removed+iliac artery graft
3/2016 CT Scan Stable
6/2016 Stable
9/2016 Stable
12/2016 Stable
3/2017 Stable
Recurrence 6/2017
12/2017 Surgery removed all cancer w/ clean margins
07-27-2018 Cancer-free for 7 months

kiwiinoz
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby kiwiinoz » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:57 pm

Eric
7 years my friend, I find that very inspiring. You have, and continue to inspire me, and I wish you more continued good health for the next 7.
Kiwi
Stage IV Rectal Cancer (39 Year old male at dx)
pT3N0M1 (wish that was M0)
Diagnosed 05 Dec 2012
LAR 05 Jan 2013
VATS 27 Feb 2013
FOLOFX April 2013 - Sep 2013
Clear Scan 03 Dec 2013 - August 2020
Port Out 26 March 2015

mymom
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby mymom » Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:07 pm

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
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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Cowgirl918
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby Cowgirl918 » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:19 pm

Most impressive on both counts! Congrats and so happy for you. Love the pics.
HX Colon Polyps Villious and Tubillovillous
12/29/15 Colonoscopy/Endoscopy - Ascending Colon Mass- Hemicolectomy Scheduled
1/17/2016 Right Hemicolectomy Cancelled
1/25/2016 CT No evidence of other disease
2/12/2016 EMR-ascending colon mass 80%
8/12/2016 EMR #2 ascending colon mass curative
8/13/16 NED
7/26/2023 Neuroendocrine mass small bowel, two mesenteric lymph nodes
9/1/2023 Small bowel resection jejunum and lymph nodes removed mesentery

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John72
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby John72 » Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:29 pm

Congrats to 7 years and to still getting out there and slugging it out. You've been a very important member of this community and hope that continues to be the case far into the future.
7/13/10 CC
7/23/10 -3C RC, 7cm,15/33 lymph nodes
8/31/10 5 1/2 weeks of radiation + Xeloda
11/12/10 6 rounds Oxy + Xeloda
3/25/11 Finished chemo
6/15/11 Colostomy reversal followed by infections
9/05/14 Clear CT scan

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kellywin
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby kellywin » Thu Mar 10, 2016 1:57 pm

Congrats Eric. You are such an inspiration. You amaze me.
Kelly, mom 14 yo girl
Dx 11/15/12 Rectal Cancer @ age 40
Stage IIIC
5.5 weeks Xeloda & Radiation - complete 2/5/13
Colectomy 3/12/13, 7 of 14 nodes positive - no ileo
4/24/13-8/20/13 - 5 rounds Xelox, 1 Xeloda only

CLD
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby CLD » Thu Mar 10, 2016 2:02 pm

Congratulations and keep living life to the fullest!
Wife to DH/ Father of 6 (age 42 at dx) diagnosed Jan 2015 stage IIIC
Tumor deposit in mesentery 13/24 lymph nodes +
CEA at dx: 5
MSS
Low Grade/Mod. Diff.
FOLFOX 6 months
N.E.D until June 2018
PET Scan 6/18
Biopsy confirms cancer in 3 Paraaortic lymph nodes
Folfiri + Avastin (6tx) and Xeloda during radiation
Cancer all over both lungs dx Jan 2019
FOLFIRI +AVASTIN presently

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Rob in PA
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby Rob in PA » Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:15 pm

I WANT a big green machine too!!! I have a little green Deere backhoe, but that big green thing would go nicely with it!! Boyz gotta have their toyz! Congrats man!! Very happy to see you reach that milestone :D :D :D

Rob
dx 11/07 crc IIIb @ 39
Xelox/Rad/ temp colostomy
LAR/J-pouch/ temp ileo
Folfox-8
Failed reversal
2/09 liver mets; liver resect/ileo reversal
Folfiri/Avastin - 12
2/11 5 lung mets
Folfiri/Avastin 2011
SBRT 3/12
Lung met 5/13/ said NO to more chemo
SBRT 8/13
2 lung mets 5/14, VATS 8/14, NED

Wilson02
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby Wilson02 » Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:12 pm

Congratulations! You give me inspiration.
Stage 3b CC
Diagnosed 05/27/15
Folfox 07/15 to 01/16 12 cycles
CEA at diagnosis (05/15) 18.8
CEA after surgery (05/15) 3.9
CEA 02/08/2016 - 6.8
CEA 03/08/2016 - 7.1
CEA 05/09/2016 - 6.6

lpas
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby lpas » Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:41 pm

Congrats!!!
11/14 Dx sigmoid CC @ 45yo
12/14 Colectomy + hysterectomy
Stage IIIB, T3N1bM0, 2/20 nodes, MSS, G2, KRAS(A146T), TP53, SMAD4, ERBB2, CEA 1.0
2/15-7/15 XELOX & celecoxib
2/19 clean scope
11/19 clean CT
Ongoing cimetidine & other targeted supplements
Mom to a 6 & 8yo

Mattie
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby Mattie » Sat Mar 12, 2016 7:27 pm

Love reading your story!! May there be many more wood cuttings and fewer chemo rounds in your future.

Congrats
4/10 debulk surgery, DX stage IVb, 49yo
5/10-11/11 Folfox, then Xeloda/Avastin
4/13 Resect liver met + pelvic node, 20+ Rad treatments
7/14 SBRT 15 mm Liver & node
12/14 SBRT 8 mm Liver met
3/16 4-5 pelvic nodes, Xeloda/Avastin again
12/16 NED, maintaining Xeloda/Avastin
8/17 NED Dropping Xeloda. Avastin only.
3/21 NED Avastin only
10/21 Pausing Avastin Proteinuria/BP complications
12/21 Resect 4.4 x 3.6 cm lower abdominal met

jens22
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby jens22 » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:57 pm

SOme how my post got lost. I love reading how you live you life everyday. I can't wait until Soy bean season because your garden picture gave me a big Smile . This one gives me an even bigger one. So many chemos....So many surgeries,,.....So many trip down the Thruway...or 80 depending on how you travel.
Colonoscopy 3/10 for ? hemmorrhoid.
Diag Colon Cancer 3 days later
Colon Ressection 3/30/10
Stage 3B 5/14 Nodes positive.
Power Port and 7 months of Chemo
Port removed 11/11
8 negative Cat Scans..... 10 years cancer free and Discharged from Sloane Kett!!
Diag age 47 , now 57 Mom of 3 boys.

Lee
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby Lee » Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:35 pm

Congratulations on 7 yrs :D . You are a true inspiration.

Are you going to be working on your garden anytime soon?

Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!

Felicitym23
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby Felicitym23 » Mon Mar 14, 2016 1:12 am

Well done. You are an inspiration to us Stage 4.
47yrs and mother to a 12 year child with autism
Cancer confirmed 9/23/15
Ext right hemicolectomy 10/13/15
35 Lymph nodes & 6 cancer told Stage 3C.
Nov 15 Oxy, Leucovorin, Flurourcil
CT and PET Scan told that cancer was now in abdo & neck lymph nodes.
STAGE 4 told two days before Christmas 2015.
Oxy, Leucovorin, Flurourcil & Panitumumab
MARCH 2016 NED - currently in remission. Stage 4.
After 3 sessions of Vectibux.
PET & CT SCAN July 16 - Still NED but still on chemo and Vectibix.

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BrownBagger
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby BrownBagger » Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:56 am

Lee wrote:Congratulations on 7 yrs :D . You are a true inspiration.

Are you going to be working on your garden anytime soon?

Lee


I stacked firewood all weekend, Lee, but did pull up the rest of the broccoli plants in the garden and am just waiting now for the weeds to kick in, so that I can smother them in compost for a couple of weeks before turning the whole thing over with a shovel. However, it's been so warm lately that I may stick some early spinnach and lettuce in, and perhaps a few peas, so see if anything will grow in March and April. I generally wait until June 1 to plant, but this year may be an exception. I say may because frosts are notoriously hard to predict.
Eric, 58
Dx: 3/09, Stage 4 RC
Recurrences: (ongoing, lung, bronchial cavity, ribs)
Major Ops: 6/ RFA: 3 /bronchoscopies: 8
Pelvic radiation: 5 wks. Bronchial radiation—brachytheray: 3 treatments
Chemo Rounds (career):136
Current Chemo Cocktail: Xeloda & Erbitux & Irinotecan biweekly
Current Cocktail; On the Wagon (mostly)
Bicycle miles post-dx 10,477
Motto: Live your life like it's going to be a long one, because it just might, and then you'll be glad you did.


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