I'm trying to stay calm and not get ahead of myself but it can be hard some days. Bf had HIPEC and all was successful with surgery. A month after surgery CEA was 4.9 and he had a CT. Three months later another CT and CEA went up to 6.0. We were told all areas that showed something on the first CT had shrunk or disappeared by the second CT so they were probably just scar tissue....but one area looks the same. No change at all. Onc can't confirm or deny if it's scar tissue or cancer back already. The surgeon said a lot of time was spent scraping that area during surgery (but very confident all cancer was removed).
We were told to wait and another scan in 2 months to compare. Anyone ever had CEA jump a point in three months and then go back down? I don't like that it's over 5. He's had chrons for many years so maybe higher CEA is more normal for him? I'm trying to convince myself it's good news the one area on the CT looks the same. Can scar tissue take more than 4 months to heal?