Postby NeVadasMitis » Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:29 pm
LMighty, I hear you. My dad was stage 1, and supposedly 90% likely to be "cured". My mom was the one we were more worried about recurrence for, having had Stage II. While I am extremely grateful my mom is still okay 10 years on, the fact that my dad is now Stage IV really threw me for a loop at first. It totally undermined and destabilized the little safe place that I had created for myself as I tried to deal...the whole idea of "if only x, things will be fine," "if only y, it's going to be okay" all goes out the window as you realize you just can never know for sure.
DD dx Dec.2012, age 57, Stage I CRC
2013/01 complicated resection
2016 summer/fall CEA slowing rising...(2.1, 2.8, 3.1)
2016/12 scan shows "something" on RL of liver; fna biopsy ordered
2017/01 confirmed 1 met to liver (1.5x2 cm); Stage IVa; cea 3.1
2017/02 5mm node on lung
2017/03 liver resection
2017/05 wedge resection of lung node
2017/09 CEA rising....5.6, 8.9...
2017/12 pet confirms cancer is back in hepatic lymph node