Celebrating Seven Years

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BrownBagger
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Celebrating Seven Years

Postby BrownBagger » Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:48 pm

March 1 was the 7th anniversary of my diagnosis, and I celebrated by driving out to the family tree farm in Wisconsin to cut 25 cords of pine sawlogs. These were diseased trees that need to be salvaged before they died. It's a very small part of our woods. Anyway, I wasn't sure I could do it, because except for moving the logs out of the woods with that big green machine, it's all manual labor with a chain saw. Took me about a week and I feel good. Mom's bank account is about to get a bit bigger, and the woods are healtier. So, not a bad outcome all around.

I've been laying around all winter doing nothing physical, so I wasn't sure I could still do this, but was more than willing to give it a shot. I like some assurance from time to time that cancer hasn't cramped my style too much--at least not so far.

Tomorrow I'm driving back to NY State and I have chemo Wednesday morning.

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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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dianetavegia
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby dianetavegia » Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:04 pm

Congrats on 7 years and wow, you DID work your butt off!

Diane
Stage III cc surgery 1/7/09. 12 tx FOLFOX
Stage IV PET = 1.5cm liver met. HR 4/11/12

14 years since dx and 11 years post liver resection.
Pronounced CURED and discharged by onc

“O Lord my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me.” Psalms 30:2

Ron50
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby Ron50 » Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:08 pm

Good effort BB . I doubt if I could have handled the green machine let alone the chain saw. Ron.
dx 1/98
st 3 c 6 nodes
48 sessions 5Fu/levamisole
no recurrence cea <.5
numerous l/t side effects of chemo

ams5796
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby ams5796 » Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:13 pm

Congratulations, Eric! Glad to see you doing so well.



Ann
Stage 3C (or 4?) Rectal Cancer 01/07
2/10 lung mets
3/11 VATS
6/11 VATS
7/13 lung met
2/14 SBRT
NED 8/14
5/17 scan and MRI found treated spine met

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GrouseMan
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby GrouseMan » Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:41 pm

Congratulations Eric! And continued good fortune to boot!

GrouseMan
DW 53 dx Jun 2013
CT mets Liver Spleen lung. IVb CEA~110
Jul 2013 Sig Resct
8/13 FolFox,Avastin 12Tx mild sfx, Ongoing 5-FU Avastin every 3 wks.
CEA: good marker
7/7/14 CT Can't see the spleen Mets.
8/16/15 CEA Up, CT new abdominal mets. Iri, 5-FU, Avastin every 2 wks.
1/16 Iri, Erbitux and likely Avastin (Trial) CEA going >.
1/17 CEA up again dropped from Trial, Mets growth 4-6 mm in abdomen
5/2/17 Failed second trial, Hospitalized 15 days 5/11. Home Hospice 5/26, at peace 6/4/2017

tammylayne
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby tammylayne » Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:42 pm

Eric - Always AWESOME to read one of your feeling GREAT - doing GREAT posts!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D
51 F
'06 Stage 1 CC,
'10 Stage 3 Rectal

"You never know how strong you are until you have to become your own hero."

JDinNC
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby JDinNC » Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:07 pm

Great news.... :D
61 y/o female @ DX...........
T3N0M1
6/13 DX- stage 4
Sigmoid colon cancer.
One met to lung
7/13 colon resection
8/13 lung resection
7/17 four years....NED
8/18 five years....NED
MELANOMA
63 y/o @ DX
6/15 stage 2a
7/15 surgery on arm
7/15 NED
4/16 recurrance
5/16 remove metastasis from back
5/16. Started immunotherapy
8/16 discontinue treatment
7/18...PET scan...NED

midlifemom
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby midlifemom » Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:59 pm

Congrats, now go for 7 more!!!
Stage 3 cc - dx Jan '14 age 53, cea 2.9
t2n2m0, KRAS mutant, MSS
Folfox Feb - Aug '14
Nov '14 cea 27.7 -2 liver masses
Dec '14 left lobectomy and HAI
Jan '15 FUDR and FOLFIRI
Aug '15 fudr done, liver clear, add avastin for lungs. Cea 4.3
Feb '16 CEA rising
May '16 2 wk break then drop Iri for 6 weeks.
Jul '16 cancer grew, constricted main bile duct. Stent inserted. On break till jaundice clears. CEA climbing. Doing reduced Folfox. Allergic to Oxali.
Sep'16 chemo failed. Trial or hospice?

Nik Colon

Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby Nik Colon » Mon Mar 07, 2016 6:11 pm

Congrats!

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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby KElizabeth » Mon Mar 07, 2016 6:26 pm

You're an inspiration. Thank you!
Female age 39- ,2 teens.
Colon Cancer - DX March 2013
Age 34 at DX - Stage III B
Resection surgery -May 2013
FOLFOX - June, 2013 to Sept, 2013
5FU plus leukavorin Sept, 2013 to Dec, 2013
METs liver and lungs discovered Sept, 2015
KRAS - MSS
FOLFIRI plus Avastin - Sept, 2015 - July 2017
Durvalumab and Cediranib Sept 2017 Dec 17
FOLFOX with desensitization protocol - current

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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby Snapfish » Mon Mar 07, 2016 8:48 pm

Congrats! 7 years is impressive, but so is that wood. Well done!
Daughter to 70-year old father dx 2015-Sept-28: Stage IV adenocarcinoma with signet ring cell features
Sigmoid colon primary with peri mets
MSS; RAS wild-type; mutation in exon 8 of p53

2015-Oct: Began FOLFOX-6 at MDA; CEA was 15.1 at baseline
2016-Feb: CEA 5.7; 10 full rounds of FOLFOX-6 completed
2016-Mar-3: Began FOLFIRI
chemo, chemo, chemo
2017-Jan: Total of 29 cycles of chemo down. Back on FOLFOX again after FOLFIRI fail. CEA now 118.

jhocno197
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby jhocno197 » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:13 pm

Congratulations!!
DH - dx Dec 2014, stage IV with bladder & peritoneal involvement - non-resectable
Colostomy
FOLFOX failed
FOLFIRI failed
Tumor actually distending pelvic skin
Not a candidate for last-ditch pelvic exenteration
Stivarga finally begun 2/19/16
Tumor growing/fungating
Lonsurf started 11/18/16
Died 3/10/17

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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby vilca11 » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:40 pm

Eric!!! It was about 200 trees - right? Where is my Guinness Book?! You have mileage everywhere - years of fighting, chemo, road, now trees!!!! You are our official Hero of the Year - congrats on all achievements!
Big Hug, Vilca
11/2005 CC stage 1, F,50yo@dx
Mod dif adenocar, MSS, APC, TP53, CEAs1.6-4.8
1/12 1met liver@Vena Cava, RFA, 3oxi,11 5FU
8/13 2 mets same place,SBRT
4/14 2 Xeliri+Avastin
5/14 Nano Knife liver same 2 mets
6/14 2 Xeliri, ADAPT
4/15 PET, 2 same mets,Cryo Liver
5/15 MJ Oil, Herbs, Suppl, ADAPT
10/15 PET, same area, doubled in size, high SUV
10/15 RH, HAI, visceral involv., no LN
2/16 red FF, 50% red dose FUDR, CEA trends up
3/16 CT, PET, MRI L.Lobe all in small tumors
4/16 No acceptable options, going home

lauragb
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby lauragb » Mon Mar 07, 2016 11:18 pm

Doing more than most people without cancer. Keep up the inspiration!
RC 3B 7/2011 @ 53
Chemoradiation 5 weeks 8/11
LAR-Hysterect-temp ileo
pCR, 0/23 nodes
Folfox 1/12, Xeloda 2/12 to 5/12
Reversal 5/12
SBO,lysis of adhesions 12/12
NED 11/12, 11/13, 6/16

Travelgirl
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Re: Celebrating Seven Years

Postby Travelgirl » Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:23 am

God bless..
Stay strong and positive.,
Wish u best with your new treatments
Travel Girl
53/F
DX-CC 12/19/15
Tumor location Cecum
Tumor Type -Adenocarcinoma arising background sessile serrated polyp high grade dysplasia
Tumor size 1.5 cm
TNM - T1, N0, M0
Stage 1
Baseline 12/15 CEA 2.4, 8/16 CEA 1.7,11/15 CEA 2.3
Surgical Margins Clear
Lynch - Neg
Primary Surgery 1/11/16 LAR right colon and portion of ileum right hemicolectomy
1/4 follicular lymphoma- Wait n Watch (found in CT scan for Colon cancer) a 2 for 1 special.
8/16/16 NED for Colon/Lymphoma nodes have shrunk on their own.


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