Postby NHMike » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:03 pm
I had the appointment with the surgeon today and she laid out what most of the folks here already told me. She had either an intern or resident in there as well - he asked me questions before the doctor came in. I have the reversal the last Monday of July and the preop stuff the week before. They are going to do the Barium Enema then. The surgeon said that they don't actually use Barium anymore and she gave me the name of the chemical. I received a packet which I need to decode into a timeline.
She said that I should ask my oncologist about the port as to whether to leave it on or take it out. If he says take it out, then the surgeon can do that as well. I don't have to do the colonoscopy prep for this surgery. Just no food after midnight. The hospital stay is 2 days and she offered me a choice of two hospitals - The Faulkner - and I'd get a private room there, or B&W which has semi-private rooms unless I want to spend $400/night for a private room. I just don't want another roommate with something really infectious that they were going to call the CDC in for.
I'm getting a lot of walking in, typically 100 miles per week for the past two weeks.
I really would rather run though.
6/17: ER rectal bleeding; Colonoscopy
7/17: 3B rectal. T3N1bM0. 5.2 4.5 4.3 cm. Lymphs: 6 x 4 mm, 8 x 6, 5 x 5
7/17-9/17: Xeloda radiation
7/5: CEA 2.7; 8/16: 1.9; 11/30: 0.6; 12/20 1.4; 1/10 1.8; 1/31 2.2; 2/28 2.6; 4/10 2.8; 5/1 2.8; 5/29 3.2; 7/13 4.5; 8/9 2.8, 2/12 1.2
MSS, KRAS G12D
10/17: 2.7 2.2 1.6 cm (-90%). Lymphs: 3 x 3 mm (-62.5%), 4 x 3 (-75%), 5 x 3 (-40%). 5.1 CM from AV
10/17: LAR, Temp Ileostomy, Path Complete Response
CapeOx (8) 12/17-6/18
7/18: Reversal, Port Removal
2/19: Clean CT