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heiders33
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby heiders33 » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:46 am

Thanks OSM. I am not prone to anxiety so I am hopeful that I can stay still. I have never had an MRI though. At the place I go to for scans they put me in a gown. But I'll definitely try to be as prepared as possible.
40 year-old female
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy

heiders33
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby heiders33 » Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:05 am

I showed up for my MRI this morning, but I couldn’t have it done because my insurance hasn’t approved it yet. :roll: Now I have to wait for the imaging place to call to reschedule. I’m trying to schedule summer travel, etc., and I’m just going to go ahead and do it because I am fed up.
40 year-old female
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy

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Atoq
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby Atoq » Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:10 am

This sounds really annoying! I think it is a very good idea to just plan the summer. A big hug.

Claudia
1972, 2 kids
Dx rectal cancer 10.2017
T3N2aMX (met left lung 8 mm)
Lynch neg
CEA 1.8
Neoadjuvant chemoradio Xeloda + 25x2 Gy
05.12.17 laparotomic surg. for blockage, colostomy
25.01.18 laparotomic lar, hysterectomy, ileostomy
05.03.18 core needle lung biopsy
07.05.18 CAT scan, lung met 11 mm
04.06.18 ileo reversal
26.06.18 wedge VATS
24.08.18, 31.02.19 CAT scan
12.09.18, 06.02.19 scope, CEA 1.6
19.11.18 scope
20.08.19 CAT, eco
13.09.19 scope, CEA 1.2
18.03.20 CAT, eco, scope, NED
29.11.20 CAT, NED
2023 NED

Eleda
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby Eleda » Mon Jun 04, 2018 12:50 pm

Oh no that's crap,,, the scan Isint going to change anything in a few weeks so go and have fun on Ur holiday
No news is good news enjoy
Adele x
SWF, 47
Mom to 3 sons 6/8/12
Dec4th 2017 colonoscopy for minor intermittent rectal bleeding during Summer
CEA 4.4
DX T3 L3C M0 2.5/3 cm above AV.
JAN 3RD started 1650mg Zelda 2xday, with 28 radiation
Did tagamet 800mg daily and 75mg IV VIT C WEEKLY UNTIL SURGERY and
Tumor reduce by 80% 1 LN still remaining
TATME May10th, temp illeostomy
10/07/2018 CEA 3
MMR INTACT
Began FOLFOX July 10th
24/08/2018 Allergic reaction so next infusion lucovorin and 5fu
CEA 4
Second attempt with oxi aug 12th

heiders33
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby heiders33 » Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:27 pm

I redeemed the day by heading to Gilda’s Club NYC for a free yoga class. It was so nice, challenging, and refreshing. What a great institution.
40 year-old female
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy

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Shana
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby Shana » Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:06 pm

It would have been nice if they had called you beforehand to let you know that insurance approval was still pending! Glad you had fun at yoga class and hopefully you can take your vacation and reschedule around it!
DX - 12/16
MSS - KRAS wild
Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma at splenic flexure
Stage IV CC with liver mets
5FU - Failed twice - 1/17 and 3/17
Irinotecan + Cetuximab: 8/17
Irinotecan and Erbitux ran it's course. CEA rising
Primary tumor invaded tail of pancreas and spleen. Liver mets major concern
Y-90 radioembolization on 9/17/18, liver enzyymes have dropped. 10 Radiation treatments to primary tumor completed too. CT scan Nov to assess overall situation...

heiders33
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby heiders33 » Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:45 pm

I got the MRI rescheduled for June 20 and just found out that I got insurance authorization. Glad to get that taken care of!
40 year-old female
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy

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Atoq
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby Atoq » Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:16 pm

That’s really good! I am happy you got it fixed.

Claudia
1972, 2 kids
Dx rectal cancer 10.2017
T3N2aMX (met left lung 8 mm)
Lynch neg
CEA 1.8
Neoadjuvant chemoradio Xeloda + 25x2 Gy
05.12.17 laparotomic surg. for blockage, colostomy
25.01.18 laparotomic lar, hysterectomy, ileostomy
05.03.18 core needle lung biopsy
07.05.18 CAT scan, lung met 11 mm
04.06.18 ileo reversal
26.06.18 wedge VATS
24.08.18, 31.02.19 CAT scan
12.09.18, 06.02.19 scope, CEA 1.6
19.11.18 scope
20.08.19 CAT, eco
13.09.19 scope, CEA 1.2
18.03.20 CAT, eco, scope, NED
29.11.20 CAT, NED
2023 NED

Caat55
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby Caat55 » Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:30 pm

Take that vacation, it was the best thing I could have done. New York was so busy and alive, there wasn't time to be sick. We stayed up late and slept it, don't do that at home. I am busy at home, walk, garden, work but it isn't the same thing. Enjoy your summer.

Susan
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20

heiders33
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby heiders33 » Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:13 am

Susan, so glad to hear you had such a good time in my town. :D It sounds like it was a restorative vacation for you. I am going out to the Black Hills to be with my extended family for a week in July. It's also my parents' 50th wedding anniversary, which we will celebrate. I can't wait!

Thank you all for your kind words. I will let you know the MRI results when I have them.
40 year-old female
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy

heiders33
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby heiders33 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:30 am

The MRI was still inconclusive, so I am going to get a PET scan. If the 1 CM spot lights up then it’s malignant and my oncologist said a surgeon can remove it. He is concerned because this didn’t show up a year ago when I had my first scan. Question: did anyone here develop benign liver spots during/after chemo? As in, they weren’t there when you were first diagnosed? Just wondering if that’s a possibility, or if it’s a bad sign if it developed during treatment. Seems like chemo could cause cysts, like it did in my ovaries. Also, what’s the point of doing an MRI if it can’t tell me what I need to know? Thanks, all!
40 year-old female
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy

Caat55
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby Caat55 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:33 pm

Thats crappy. One would like to think that nothing could grow during chemo, seems like thats the point.
How frustrating for you.
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20

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Atoq
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby Atoq » Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:38 pm

I can imagine the frustration of not getting a conclusive result, but there is still a good chance that it is not a metastasis. When are having the PET scan?

Claudia
1972, 2 kids
Dx rectal cancer 10.2017
T3N2aMX (met left lung 8 mm)
Lynch neg
CEA 1.8
Neoadjuvant chemoradio Xeloda + 25x2 Gy
05.12.17 laparotomic surg. for blockage, colostomy
25.01.18 laparotomic lar, hysterectomy, ileostomy
05.03.18 core needle lung biopsy
07.05.18 CAT scan, lung met 11 mm
04.06.18 ileo reversal
26.06.18 wedge VATS
24.08.18, 31.02.19 CAT scan
12.09.18, 06.02.19 scope, CEA 1.6
19.11.18 scope
20.08.19 CAT, eco
13.09.19 scope, CEA 1.2
18.03.20 CAT, eco, scope, NED
29.11.20 CAT, NED
2023 NED

heiders33
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby heiders33 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:30 pm

Atoq wrote:I can imagine the frustration of not getting a conclusive result, but there is still a good chance that it is not a metastasis. When are having the PET scan?

Claudia


The PET scan is not scheduled yet, it still needs to be approved by my insurance. I hope it can be scheduled soon. I’m frustrated, but I think the spot is just too small for the MRI to identify.
40 year-old female
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy

tater
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Re: Scan scheduled

Postby tater » Mon Jun 25, 2018 5:22 pm

heiders33 wrote:The MRI was still inconclusive, so I am going to get a PET scan. If the 1 CM spot lights up then it’s malignant and my oncologist said a surgeon can remove it. He is concerned because this didn’t show up a year ago when I had my first scan. Question: did anyone here develop benign liver spots during/after chemo? As in, they weren’t there when you were first diagnosed? Just wondering if that’s a possibility, or if it’s a bad sign if it developed during treatment. Seems like chemo could cause cysts, like it did in my ovaries. Also, what’s the point of doing an MRI if it can’t tell me what I need to know? Thanks, all!



My wife had five spots show up on her liver right after she finished the continuous 5FU pump for six weeks with radiation. Everyone assumed they were cancer. They did not shrink or grow during her rounds of FOLFOX + Avistan so they decided to do her surgery to remove the primary and to also biopsy two of the spots that were on the lower right lobe. Both came back as benign hemangiomas they now assume the other three are the same as they are the same size and showed up at the same time. I hear that drastic changes in estrogen can cause them. Radiation sent her into early menopause so maybe it was from that.
DH to 38 wife w/kids
Stage 3C DX 3/3/17 CEA 29
5-fu and radiation ended May 17, 2017
Stage 4 External iliac node July 17, 2017
FOLFOX + Avistan July 18 2017 CEA 2.3
Nov 9, 2017 Coloanal Anastomosis, Hysterectomy & External Nodes Removed W/ileostomy
Clear Margins NED
CEA 1.5 12/17, 2.1 2/18, 2.3 6/18, 1.1 9/18, 1.3 12/18, 1.8 3/19, 2.5 6/19
Clear CT and MRI on 2/5/2018, 9/18 Clear Scans
Reversal Surgery 6/26/18
Small Spot on right ureter surgery 10/30/19 adhered to artery
Dec. 2 start 12 rounds FOLFIRI


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