Postby DarknessEmbraced » Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:03 am
My resection surgeon's office wrote back to me and said that after 5 years I will no longer have ct scans, tumor marker blood tests and will have colonoscopies every 5 years. I'm on their list for a colonoscopy in April of this year. I wrote back to the surgeon to check if they mean I still get checked next year(5 years) or if this year is the last year. I assume they mean next year is the last year. Does colonoscopies every 5 years seem to be a long time between them? I was stage 2a, didn't need chemo and have been in remission since surgery.
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!