EMR One-year check up

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Cowgirl918
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EMR One-year check up

Postby Cowgirl918 » Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:58 pm

I have been watching everyone more quietly this summer. I have also grieved the losses such as dear, dear Brown Bagger. Now it is my turn again to step up to the plate and I miss the sage advice of the well known "old timers" who guided me with such compassion. I think that may I have become an "old timer" as new members arrive and we have much to teach. That is as it should be.

One year ago in August I had the second of two successful EMR (endoscopic mucosal re-sections) for a large mass in my ascending (right) colon. I recovered well, and in all honesty, I put it out of my mind as much as possible. This Monday, the 25th, I will have an endoscopy to check for stomach polyps and a colonoscopy to check for recurrence of the mass and other potential issues.
At this time I remain the cheerleader for EMR. Monday I will face the music and learn if it was truly successful or if I just bought the time I wanted. I think that mentally I am prepared either way. :?

So tonight I am posting again because this group of amazing people is the only place I can ramble and be understood. I have lost my father, mother, and this spring, my sister ( 54 years old) to some version of autoimmune and inflammatory bowel related cancers. I can't help but feel like I am spinning the roulette wheel each time they put me to sleep.
Thanks for listening. Hope Darkness sends me a hug!
I HATE PREP :lol:
HX Colon Polyps Villious and Tubillovillous
12/29/15 Colonoscopy/Endoscopy - Ascending Colon Mass- Hemicolectomy Scheduled
1/17/2016 Right Hemicolectomy Cancelled
1/25/2016 CT No evidence of other disease
2/12/2016 EMR-ascending colon mass 80%
8/12/2016 EMR #2 ascending colon mass curative
8/13/16 NED
7/26/2023 Neuroendocrine mass small bowel, two mesenteric lymph nodes
9/1/2023 Small bowel resection jejunum and lymph nodes removed mesentery

cmrl
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Joined: Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:39 pm

Re: EMR One-year check up

Postby cmrl » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:32 pm

Good luck with your upcoming procedures. Hope they don't find anything.
I'm having a large polyp removed in a few weeks and of course your case caught my interest, since I don't know anyone else who has had this. Let us know how it goes.
I'd send a hug, but don't know how.
Resection of splenic flexure 7/24/13
T3N2BM0, Stage 3c,12/29 nodes
Folfox x12 9/13-3/14
CT scan 4/14, enlarged spleen, otherwise clear
CT 4/15, spleen WNL.
6/17 3 cm benign polyp at ileocecal valve, awaiting removal

bbc12
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Re: EMR One-year check up

Postby bbc12 » Fri Sep 22, 2017 5:21 pm

Wishing you good luck for an easy procedure and wonderful results!

DarknessEmbraced
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Location: New Brunswick, Canada

Re: EMR One-year check up

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:57 am

Cowgirl,

Lots of big hugs to you!*hugs* I'm so very sorry for the loss of your mother, father and sister!*hugs* I hope that your prep goes well! I also hope that your endoscopy and colonoscopy go well! I hope it's wonderful news for you!*hugs*
Diagnosed 10/28/14, age 36
Colon Resection 11/20/14, LAR (no illeo)
Stage 2a colon cancer, T3NOMO
Lymph-vascular invasion undetermined
0/22 lymph nodes
No chemo, no radiation
Clear Colonoscopy 04/29/15
NED 10/20/15
Ischemic Colitis 01/21/16
NED 11/10/16
CT Scan moved up due to high CEA 08/21/17
NED 09/25/17
NED 12/21/18
Clear colonoscopy 09/23/19
Clear 5 year scans 11/21/19- Considered cured! :)

Lee
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Re: EMR One-year check up

Postby Lee » Sat Sep 23, 2017 3:36 pm

I am so sorry for all your losses, good luck with your upcoming procedure, I HATE prepping too.

Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!


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