Postby tater » Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:50 pm
Yeah. Just to bring you up to speed quickly. My wife started hyperbolic treatments about 90 days ago to help heal a fistula and issues from radiation. At that time her right side started to hurt they did her labs and CT and her CEA went from 1.3 to 1.8 and showed scaring around the ureter on the right side where they took out nodes. She since has finished treatments and we received the results of an other CT and Labs. This time the CEA has raised to 2.5 and and the CT says that their is pressure in the kidney with additional thickening of the ureter and growth/mass in that area by the bladder. Now we do know that she likes to over heal and this could just be granulation again but we are concerned. My question is, Is their any correlation with kidney function and CEA? Sorry I'm freaking out right now and I know that I shouldn't because the CEA is still normal but it has been trending up and the past two times it has gone up 38% each time.
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tater on Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
DH to 38 wife w/kids
Stage 3C DX 3/3/17 CEA 29
5-fu and radiation ended May 17, 2017
Stage 4 External iliac node July 17, 2017
FOLFOX + Avistan July 18 2017 CEA 2.3
Nov 9, 2017 Coloanal Anastomosis, Hysterectomy & External Nodes Removed W/ileostomy
Clear Margins NED
CEA 1.5 12/17, 2.1 2/18, 2.3 6/18, 1.1 9/18, 1.3 12/18, 1.8 3/19, 2.5 6/19
Clear CT and MRI on 2/5/2018, 9/18 Clear Scans
Reversal Surgery 6/26/18
Small Spot on right ureter surgery 10/30/19 adhered to artery
Dec. 2 start 12 rounds FOLFIRI