Dr. wants an ultrasound (liver/gallbladder) SCARED

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Koreysue
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Re: Dr. wants an ultrasound (liver/gallbladder) SCARED

Postby Koreysue » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:55 pm

mpbser wrote:Good luck to CRguy and Koreysue on Monday. Sending good vibes and PRAYERS (hope that's ok) your way. Keeps us posted!


Thank you! I’ll update when I have info
Korey
Diagnosed: June 2017 stage 3 colon cancer
Sigmoid colon, 2 nodes affected
CEA at diagnosis: 6.1
Sigmoid Colectomy and folfox (chemo complete January 31, 2018)
CEA 4/2018: 2.4
CEA 7/2018: 3.7
Colonoscopy 8/2018 clean
PET scan 8/20/18 NED
CEA 11/2018: 3.8
CEA 2/2019: 3.2
CT NED 6/18/2019 / 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 (happy to see a lower number)
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DarknessEmbraced
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Re: Dr. wants an ultrasound (liver/gallbladder) SCARED

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:35 am

I'm sorry you're going through this and I hope there is nothing serious with your gallbladder!*hugs*
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! :)
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Koreysue
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Re: Dr. wants an ultrasound (liver/gallbladder) SCARED

Postby Koreysue » Tue Mar 19, 2019 11:55 am

Update- normal ultrasound and cea is 3.2 which is lower than last time! Relieved!

CRguy, how did your test go?
Diagnosed: June 2017 stage 3 colon cancer
Sigmoid colon, 2 nodes affected
CEA at diagnosis: 6.1
Sigmoid Colectomy and folfox (chemo complete January 31, 2018)
CEA 4/2018: 2.4
CEA 7/2018: 3.7
Colonoscopy 8/2018 clean
PET scan 8/20/18 NED
CEA 11/2018: 3.8
CEA 2/2019: 3.2
CT NED 6/18/2019 / 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 (happy to see a lower number)
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CRguy
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Re: Dr. wants an ultrasound (liver/gallbladder) SCARED

Postby CRguy » Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:18 pm

Well done homie !!! congrats

I managed to coax some "presults" from the echo tech :shock:
she said I had a very photogenic heart :oops:
and that she got great pictures of everything they needed to see
AND they were also GOOD pictures

My cardio honcho is head of Cardiac Medicine at the Hosp so I expect
an official report in a couple of days

So far ... so GOOD !!

Cheers
CR
Caregiver x 4
Stage IV A rectal cancer/lung met
14 Year survivor
my life is an ongoing totally randomized UNcontrolled experiment with N=1 !
Review of my Journey so far
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Punky44
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Re: Dr. wants an ultrasound (liver/gallbladder) SCARED

Postby Punky44 » Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:59 pm

Happy news for both of you! Yay!
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
Latest update: 12/17/20: Clear CT; CEA 3.0

Me: 34, first colonoscopy 11/16/18—normal! Come back in 5 years.
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Koreysue
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Re: Dr. wants an ultrasound (liver/gallbladder) SCARED

Postby Koreysue » Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:59 pm

CRguy wrote:Well done homie !!! congrats

I managed to coax some "presults" from the echo tech :shock:
she said I had a very photogenic heart :oops:
and that she got great pictures of everything they needed to see
AND they were also GOOD pictures

My cardio honcho is head of Cardiac Medicine at the Hosp so I expect
an official report in a couple of days

So far ... so GOOD !!

Cheers
CR


nice!
Glad your heart was ready for it’s close up :wink:
It’s the little things!
They always say I have GREAT blood pressure, and I’m like well- thanks, I try. haha :lol:
My colon was a jerk, but at least my blood pressure coopererates. Lol
Korey
Diagnosed: June 2017 stage 3 colon cancer
Sigmoid colon, 2 nodes affected
CEA at diagnosis: 6.1
Sigmoid Colectomy and folfox (chemo complete January 31, 2018)
CEA 4/2018: 2.4
CEA 7/2018: 3.7
Colonoscopy 8/2018 clean
PET scan 8/20/18 NED
CEA 11/2018: 3.8
CEA 2/2019: 3.2
CT NED 6/18/2019 / 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 (happy to see a lower number)
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Koreysue
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Re: Dr. wants an ultrasound (liver/gallbladder) SCARED

Postby Koreysue » Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:00 pm

Punky44 wrote:Happy news for both of you! Yay!


Thanks Punky,
So relieved.
Now to LIVE for the next three months. :wink:
Diagnosed: June 2017 stage 3 colon cancer
Sigmoid colon, 2 nodes affected
CEA at diagnosis: 6.1
Sigmoid Colectomy and folfox (chemo complete January 31, 2018)
CEA 4/2018: 2.4
CEA 7/2018: 3.7
Colonoscopy 8/2018 clean
PET scan 8/20/18 NED
CEA 11/2018: 3.8
CEA 2/2019: 3.2
CT NED 6/18/2019 / 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 (happy to see a lower number)
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DarknessEmbraced
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Re: Dr. wants an ultrasound (liver/gallbladder) SCARED

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Sun Mar 24, 2019 8:39 am

Wonderful news for you both! :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! :)
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mpbser
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Re: Dr. wants an ultrasound (liver/gallbladder) SCARED

Postby mpbser » Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:21 am

Glad to hear you both got good news!
Wife 4/17 Dx age 45
5/17 LAR
Adenocarcinoma
low grade
1st primary T3 N2b M1a
Stage IVA
8/17 Sub-total colectomy
2nd primary 5.5 cm T1 N0
9 of 96 nodes
CEA: < 2.9
MSS
Lynch no; KRAS wild
Immunohistochemsistry Normal
Fall 2017 FOLFOX shrank the 1 met in liver
1/18 Liver left hepatectomy seg 4
5/18 CT clear
12/18 MRI 1 liver met
3/7/19 Resection & HAI
4/1/19 Folfiri & FUDR
5/13/19 HAI pump catheter dislodge, nearly bled to death
6-7 '19 5FU 4 cycles
NED
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