Went to see the surgeon today

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Joannerogers
Posts: 260
Joined: Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:50 pm

Re: Went to see the surgeon today

Postby Joannerogers » Sat May 20, 2017 7:38 am

Good luck to you! Funny enough I called my liver mets Larry, Moe, and Curly! They're sitting somewhere in formalin now where all mets should be!
53yo married 27 years, 2 children, 24 and 25
Diagnosed april 23,2015 rectosigmoid
Starting CEA 1845
Port placement and liver bx April 27
Folfox started april 29
Avastin added on May 6
Stage IV crc with mets to 50% of liver

10/13/15 dc'd transfusion #12...toxic
Pet/ct scan on 11/3/15
20% liver resected all margins clear 11/30/15
8/18/15 cea 21.
9/15/15 cea 13.9
10/13/15 cea 14.4
1/22/2016 cea 2.5
LAR 02/15/16 all clear

Sams wife
Posts: 753
Joined: Sun Jan 11, 2015 2:49 pm

Re: Went to see the surgeon today

Postby Sams wife » Sat May 20, 2017 10:05 am

That is so exciting. I have been catching your posts sometimes saying chemo's working. Good to see you you will get surgery.
Husband dx 1/13/15 St.2 CEA 7.1
Chemo/25rad 2/15 till 4/24/15
5FU/leucovorin
Surgery 6/8/2015 Stage IIa T3N0MX microscopic cancer left
Watching 4 lung spots
0/5 lymph nodes. Lap. APR
25% less 5FU/leucovorin 7/14/2015 x 26 CEA 3.4
25% more 5fu 9/2015
9/16/15 CEA 7.7
1/16/16 @ 9.2 during allergy?
3/16 New lung spot 4x4 mm
6/16 CEA 6.9 spot 5x5

mtipte
Posts: 80
Joined: Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:35 pm
Facebook Username: mario tipte
Location: Lima, Peru

Re: Went to see the surgeon today

Postby mtipte » Sun May 21, 2017 1:12 am

Your prayers and ours are working dear Beans.

So glad everything is looking up!

:)

Mario.
Dear Mum 60 y/o
dx 09/16 RC III CEA 9
Chemo/rad 28 from 10/16 till 12/16
Xeloda
multiple lymph nodes
Adenocarcinoma low grade invasive
Now 2000 mg Xeloda for 2 weeks as maint. before surg.
24/01/17 CEA 4,9
APR surgery permanent colostomy :( 24/03/17
3/26 nodes involved -LVI - clean margins
Staged after surgery: T3N1Mx
Infection due to bladder problems. Slow recovery.
CEA 1.7 :)
Adj. Chemo Xelox 6 rounds 29/04/17
After round 3 CT Scans Clear 15/07

God is faithful. Only Jesus.

BIG ROB 69
Posts: 63
Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2016 2:00 am
Location: Long Island, NY

Re: Went to see the surgeon today

Postby BIG ROB 69 » Wed May 24, 2017 3:52 am

SO FUKEN AWESOME! CEA SOUNDS GREAT! GO KEYTRUDA GO! I'M RIGHT BEHIND YA!
3/18/2015 DX CC Stage3/4 49YO MALE IN NEW YORK
Inoperable...hepatic artery
11/15 oper to rem block...colon bypass
4/16 oper to remove scar tissue
5/16 Lynch pos.
10/16 Two bile tubes installed to relieve jaundice
So far I have done the three main chemo drug rounds and on 12/19/16 start Keytruda.
No chemo after 8/3/16 CEA: 10/14/16-409 12/19/16- 887 Mostly my CEA was in the 140-180 range.
CEA: 1/9/17-415 1/30/17-156.2 2/20/17-120.8 3/13/17-98 4/21/17-83.6 5/12/17-64.7 6/1/17-32.1
7/25/17-32.6


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