Postby shade » Wed Mar 16, 2016 5:08 pm
Good question. I am getting colonoscopy followup from the same GI doc that found my cancerous polyp in the first place. He specializes in screening, and does colonoscopies every week. I am sure he has seen more colons from the inside than my surgeon, whose experience with colons and rectums is mainly from the outside. I am not even sure my surgeon even would be willing to do colonoscopies for long term followup. Definitely there is a better level of communication with my GI doctor. So, having said all that, I trust my GI doc for my colonoscopy followup, but I am interested in what others say.
Stage IV rectal
10/12 Cancerous polyp removed age 51
6/14 uLAR and resected liver met
12/14 finished FOLFOX / Avastin
1/15 ilio reversed = LARS!!!
1/20 onc said “cured!” - no further monitoring unnecessary
5/21 chest pain revealed new lung mets… radiation
10/21 maintenance avastin/xeloda
9/22 stivarga 2 weeks, d/c'd due to foot pain
10/22 vectabix + irinotecan