9-year stage 2A survivor

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mymaria
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9-year stage 2A survivor

Postby mymaria » Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:39 pm

I haven't posted in quite a while, but wanted to give a short update. Nine years ago this afternoon I had a right hemicolectomy for stage 2 colon cancer. After the surgery, doctors determined in was grade 3. I had three rounds of chemo, then stopped after a specialist at Cleveland Clinic determined it wouldn't give me any added benefit due to my Lynch Syndrome. Today, I remain CANCER FREE! (Five months before my colon cancer diagnosis, I was diagnosed with a separate, distinct primary cancer of the uterus.) I haven't had a CT scan in four years and continue with my annual colonoscopies and endoscopies every three years (due to the Lynch diagnosis.) Life is good!!
Last edited by mymaria on Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Endometrial cancer stage 1B grade 3, July '09 age 43
34 negative l.n.
Radiation Aug. and Sept., '09
Colon cancer T3N0M0, grade 3, Dec. '09
54 negative l.n.
Modified Folfox 6 regime started Jan. 12, '10
Stopped after 3 rounds Feb. 9, '10
Lynch Syndrome

Koreysue
Posts: 258
Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:36 pm

Re: 9-year survivor

Postby Koreysue » Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:43 pm

Thanks for updating! I love a success story!
Congrats on your cancer free status :D
Korey
Dx: 6/2017 stage 3 CC
Sigmoid, 2 nodes
CEA at dx: 6.1
Sigmoid Colectomy/folfox (last chemo (1/31/18)
CEA 4/2018: 2.4
CEA 7/2018: 3.7
Colonoscopy 8/18 clean
PET scan 8/20/18 NED
CEA 11/2018: 3.8
CEA 2/2019: 3.2
CT NED 6/18/19 / CEA : 3.4
CEA 10/21/19: 3.2
CEA 3/9/20: 3.8
CT NED /CEA 6/17/20: 3.8
CEA 11/4/20 4.6 <——— whyyyy? (will retest in a few weeks)
CT NED 12/1/20 CEA: 3.5
CEA 5/21 4.2
CEA 10/21 3.4
colonoscopy 10/21 10mm polyp
CEA 4/22 3.7
CEA 7/22 3.8
CEA 12/22 4
CEA 1/22 3.2 and NED 5yr scan

Beckster
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Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:01 pm
Location: New Jersey

Re: 9-year stage 2A survivor

Postby Beckster » Tue Dec 04, 2018 5:50 pm

Thanks for the update....being a 2A myself, I look forward to hopefully joining you in 7 years! Congrats!
57/F
DX:(CC) 10/19/16
11/4/16- Lap right hemi(cecum)
CEA- Pre Op (1.9), Pre Chemo (2.5)
Type: Adenocarcinoma
Tumor size:3.5 cm x 2.5 x 0.7 cm
Grade: G3
TNM: T3N0M0/IIA
LN: 0/24
LVI present
Surgical margins: clear
MSS
12/27/2016 - Capeox, anaphylactic
1/2/17 to 6/9/17- Xeloda
6/17,12/17,6/18,12/18,6/19,12/19,12/20,12/21 CT Scan NED :D
CEA- 6/17- 3.6, 9/17- 2.8 12/17-2.8, 3/18-3.1, 6/18-3.0, 9/18 2.8, 12/18 2.5 3/19 3.1 6/19 3.1 9/19 2.6 12/19 2.8 6/20 3.0 12/20 2.7 6/21 2.9,[color=#000000]12/21 2.7[/color]
Clear Colonoscopy 10/17, 11/19,11/21 :D

Punky44
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Joined: Mon Oct 01, 2018 4:29 pm

Re: 9-year stage 2A survivor

Postby Punky44 » Tue Dec 04, 2018 7:08 pm

Congratulations!
Caregiver to my amazing mom (68 at dx)
10/1/18 DX with rectal cancer; CEA 17
T3N2M0
Total neoadjuvant therapy:
8 rounds Folfox 11/5/18 - 2/11/19
Short course radiation 3/14/19 - 3/20/19
Robotically assisted laparoscopic LAR 3/21/19
Pathology report says yT2N0M0 with 0/38 nodes
6/28/19 Reversal and port out
CEA 2.1; 1.9; 2.6; 2.8; 2.3; 2.4; 3.0; 3.4; 3.1; 3.4; 3.0; 3.1; 2.6
Latest update: 8/21/23 Clear CT with CEA 2.6!

Me: 34, first colonoscopy 11/16/18—normal! Come back in 5 years.

SurvivorsSpouse
Posts: 88
Joined: Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:38 pm

Re: 9-year stage 2A survivor

Postby SurvivorsSpouse » Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:52 pm

Congratulations, we just had my wife’s 6 year appointment from stage 2A.

Still cancer-free.


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