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cecioboe
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Happy news

Postby cecioboe » Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:42 pm

Hi all,

It's been a while since I last visited or posted, but I wanted to share today's happy news. Jim's yearly colonoscopy not only showed no recurrence, but there wasn't even a polyp to remove. His Dr has now moved him to the 2 year plan for scopes.

He did have a heart attack in October that involved implanting 2 stents which delayed the annual colonoscopy for 6 months. But he has now fully recovered from that. Dodged another bullet....

Sending healing thoughts and prayers and still swinging those chickens for all.

Ceci and Jim
Wife to Jim Stage IV RC w/liver mets
DX 9/16/11
T3N1M1
Oct - Dec 2011 chemo/rad
1/04/12 ileo
1/16/12 LAR, liver resection
2/29/12 blockage, emer surg, ileo rev
4/16/12- 9/16/12 chemo
NED since 10/22/12
De-ported 6/24/16

stu
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Re: Happy news

Postby stu » Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:49 pm

Fantastic news . He is doing so well .
Hope he is fully recovered from his heart attack . Must have given you both quite a scare .
Stu
supporter to my mum who lives a great life despite a difficult diagnosis
stage4 2009 significant spread to liver
2010 colon /liver resection
chemo following recurrence
73% of liver removed
enjoying life treatment free
2016 lung resection
Oct 2017 nice clear scan . Two lung nodules disappeared
Oct 2018. Another clear scan .

Spazzyjanet
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Re: Happy news

Postby Spazzyjanet » Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:14 pm

Great news! Thank you for sharing it.
40 yr old, 3 kids. Dx 9/2018, Stage IV
KRAS G12V (resistant to Cetuximab)
CEA levels normal at diagnosis
4.2 cm Tumor, PT3, PN2B
11 of 18 with adenocarcinoma
+ removal of one cancerous node in Peritoneum.
9/2018, Colon resection and Ostomy-- Margins Negative
10/2018, PET shows 6 liver mets
10/2108, begin FOLFOX (Oxi+5 FU)
11/2018, MRI updates potential liver metastasis to 11 mets, both lobes.

hiker
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Re: Happy news

Postby hiker » Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:55 pm

Congratulations!

I love reading posts on success stories. I'm hoping to be one.

hiker
Colonoscopy 2/17, 5cm tumor descending
Diagnosed stage iv, liver mets 3/17
Colon resection 3/17
Told surgery not an option, get my affairs in order
Meet w/MSK team 5/01/17
Folfox(3rds) 5/17-6/17
Liver resection/implant HAI pump 7/17
HAI pump chemo(5rds) 8/17-2/18
Folfiri+Vectibix(11rds) 8/17-2/18
Spot on chest CT 10/17
Lung biopsy (that was fun) 11/17
Nocardia bacterial infection w/spread to brain (this is serious) 11/17
IV antibiotics 12/17-2/18
Oral antibiotics 3/18-12/18
Clear of cancer since surgery

Cmac1275
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Re: Happy news

Postby Cmac1275 » Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:08 pm

Post like these keep me coming back. So happy to hear this news. May you continue to live happily in NEDville for many more years.
42 yr, male, husband and father of 3
DX Stage IV Colon Cancer Jan 2018
Multiple liver mets
KRAS G13D / MSS

Jan 2018 Partial colon resection
Mar 2018 FOLFOX + Avastin | CEA 60.1
July 2018 Partial liver resection | CEA 4.7
Sep 2018 Recurrence in liver | CEA 2.9
Oct 2018 FOLFOX + Avastin
Nov 2018 Stopping FOLFOX. New mets | CEA 4.3
Dec 2018 Beginning AbbVie ABT-165 Trial

DarknessEmbraced
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Location: New Brunswick, Canada

Re: Happy news

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:41 am

Wonderful news! :D
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! :)

NedPlease
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Re: Happy news

Postby NedPlease » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:09 pm

Great news!
N
F-54- St 4- Ascend Colon, 2 Liver mets, Poorly dif, Mutant
6/10- Folfox
9/10- R Liver Resect/Colon/Gall/Appendix
11/10-3/11- Folfox
11/11- R Lung, 1 met, VATS
3/12- 9/12- Xeloda
2/12- 6/18 Clear Scans
6/19- first time no scan
Today- NED

teresajj1
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Location: Florida

Re: Happy news

Postby teresajj1 » Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:37 pm

Thats great!!!! Oh happy day!!! :D
Dx 3/16 @ 36yrs Stage IIIB
RT Hemi-colectomy
T3N1M0. 2/37 lymph nodes
4/2016 Started 12 rounds of 5 FU & Oxi Chemo
7/2016 Stopped chemo after 5 rounds due to chest pain
8/2017 MUYTH Gene
10/2017 Clear CT Scan; CEA 1.9
5/2018 CEA 447
6/2018 Stage IV w/drop metastases to peritoneal cavity
7/2018 Cytoreductive surgery & Hipec (3 tumors, 2 nodules on bladder, and ovaries removed)
05/2019 Clear CT
10/2019 2 new nodules in pelvic area/CEA 19
11/2019 6 Rounds of Chemo

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cecioboe
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Re: Happy news

Postby cecioboe » Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:25 am

stu wrote:Fantastic news . He is doing so well .
Hope he is fully recovered from his heart attack . Must have given you both quite a scare .
Stu


Yes indeed, it was scary! Life throws us curve balls, we just keep dodging them!

Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts and good wishes.
Ceci and Jim
Wife to Jim Stage IV RC w/liver mets
DX 9/16/11
T3N1M1
Oct - Dec 2011 chemo/rad
1/04/12 ileo
1/16/12 LAR, liver resection
2/29/12 blockage, emer surg, ileo rev
4/16/12- 9/16/12 chemo
NED since 10/22/12
De-ported 6/24/16

retiredteacher
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Re: Happy news

Postby retiredteacher » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:37 pm

Fantastic news! Congratulations!
RC F 63 9/17
Adeno 7 cm MSS G2 PET
T3N0M0
2.5K Cap/RT x 25
"Near complete response" PET 1/18
CEA 0.5 10/17, 0.6 10/18
MRI 2/18 yT2N0 12 cm fr AV 3 cm
LAR 2/18 yT1N0M0 0/21 G1 0.3 cm
CAPEOX 3/18, reduced to 80% at cycle 3
Completed 4 cycles; stopped, gut issues, liver enzymes
CT/ colonoscopy 11/18 NED
4/19 NED Sacral fractures/osteoporosis
"Caregiver" to the Iron Man
Hubby CRC Stage 3 2004 NED, Small Cell Lung Cancer Limited 2011 NED, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer 2019 NED October 2019


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