My oncologist has cut me loose!
Colonoscopy was clean, with no polyps; 5 years before I need another one.
CT scans look good, too.
Bloodwork also clean. I'm hovering at 1.4 CEA. Everything looks great. I'm still on no other medications other than calcium+D supplements, and my weight is unchanged from 4 years ago (after gaining back 10+ pounds post-chemo to get back to my normal weight).
I do not have neuropathy in my hands (I did, briefly, after my last dose of Oxaliplatin). I have continuing neuropathy with partial sensation in my feet -- it is annoying rather than painful. I wear toe socks or shoes/sandals with a grippy sole whenever I am on my feet. Our stairs at home are steep, and if I ever need to use them in bare feet I take it slow and careful.
I have a divot in my chest where the port was, I think due to the work he had to do to get it out, and an obvious scar. It looks weird to me but I suspect most people don't even notice it. I cover it up if I expect to spend time in the sun, and I wear a jacket with a high neckline in the car to keep the sun off of it when I'm driving to/from work. I use sunblock on it if I have to.
My hair is now finally, within the past six months or so, falling out at what I'd call a normal rate, after years of just ... not falling out. So I got the reverse of what many people get on chemo. That plus my hair not getting dirty any more (which went back to normal soon after I completed chemo) were my personal weird chemo side effects.
DX: sigmoid colon cancer 5/2018. 48 F
laparoscopic sigmoid resection (24 cm removed); no stoma.
7.5cm adenocarcinoma -- mod. diff.
1 noncontiguous tumor deposit removed; 0/31 lymph nodes
T3 pN1c M0
5/18 before surgery, CEA 11.2
6/18 began FOLFOX
7/18: CEA 1.9; added neulasta post infusion
9/18: CEA 2.8
10/18: 25% chemo reduction
11/18: CEA 1.8
7/19 CT scan clear