Postby Basil » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:19 pm
I’m not the norm but I lost 90% of my rectum in LAR/TME and I’m basically the same as before cancer some 18 months later. Lucky, with “tight sphincter elasticity” (dr. word) and no radiation.
40 y/o male (now 46), kids 11 & 14.
Dx 3/16/17, rectal cancer s3,t3,n1,m0
PROSPCT trial (FOLFOX in lieu of chemorad)
FOLFOX 4/5/17 - 6/26/17
LAR 7/31/17, temp ileo
pathological complete response
Adjuvant chemo cancelled (IDEA Study)
Ileo reversed 9/25/17
NED
1 year scans - clear
2 year scans - clear
3 year scans - clear
4 year scans - clear
5 year scans - clear (considered cured)