Really worried. Stage 4 with increasing CEA despite of chemo
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:08 am
I have shared my mum’s situation before but there are some inputs today. We have met the oncologist as she finished her first round of folfiri on 20 Aug. We were supposed to hear some good news such as lowered CEA, but the marker turned out higher then the one before chemo. Now it is 22, which broke the record so far. The onco recommended my mum to go for folfiri one more time then see how does the CEA respond. Onco also compared the x-ray of lungs for mum and discovered the situation seems bit better after the chemo, which made us even more worried about how did the marker climb so high.
Last time we have used Folfox with Avastin while we decided not to use Avastin this time coz it is self-financed. We are now considering shall we add Avastin back. What worried us the most, however, is that folfiri seems not helpful. This is the first t8me of her to use folfiri and she did experience some tough time after chemo (without diarrhea though). If folfiri is not working, then we don’t have anyway way out but keytruda, which is extremely expensive in Hong Kong. Seems that no more chemo way out...
Thanks for read8ng, any advice appreciated.
Last time we have used Folfox with Avastin while we decided not to use Avastin this time coz it is self-financed. We are now considering shall we add Avastin back. What worried us the most, however, is that folfiri seems not helpful. This is the first t8me of her to use folfiri and she did experience some tough time after chemo (without diarrhea though). If folfiri is not working, then we don’t have anyway way out but keytruda, which is extremely expensive in Hong Kong. Seems that no more chemo way out...
Thanks for read8ng, any advice appreciated.