Postby Lee » Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:57 pm
Yes there are many people on this forum who have beat a stage IV diagnoses. Sometimes it's finding the right Dr who will treat you aggressively or the right hospital.
I would highly recommend a 2nd opinion at a Major Cancer Treatment Center. Where are you?
Please provide us with info on you. How old are you? Do you have colon or rectal cancer. CEA at 7 is low, butt sometimes, CEA is not a marker for some people. What type of follow up tests have you had? PET, CAT scan or maybe an MRI, etc. Do you know if you are a stage IVa or a stage IVb? Do you have the pathology report?
O remember to breath, we are here to help.
This is not the death sentence that many people think it is. I am a 13 year survivor. There are new treatments out that are changing the landscape on cancer.
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!