Sad news about Miss Molly/Karen

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texazgal
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Sad news about Miss Molly/Karen

Postby texazgal » Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:34 am

DX rectal cancer Aug 04
Surgery Sept 04, perm ostomy, "BarbieButt" Sept 23, 04.
June 2019 stage 3 esophageal cancer
Aug. 2019 28 radiations, 5 chemo
Nov. PET shows original tumor and mets resolved, 2 new mets in liver and bone.
May 2020 port installed, started Folfox hope to do 12 rounds, cure not expected
Keytruda April 2021 8 rounds
scan showed small growth in tumors
Paclitaxol started summer 2021.
Scan July 30, 2021 showed small decrease in size of tumors in liver and bone

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CRguy
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Re: Sad news about Miss Molly/Karen

Postby CRguy » Wed Nov 27, 2019 6:37 pm

Thanks for letting us know texazgal.
I have posted a notice for her in our In Memoriam topic.

Rest In Peace Karen
CRguy
Caregiver x 4
Stage IV A rectal cancer/lung met
17 Year survivor
my life is an ongoing totally randomized UNcontrolled experiment with N=1 !
Review of my Journey so far

B in Canada
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Re: Sad news about Miss Molly/Karen

Postby B in Canada » Wed Nov 27, 2019 10:52 pm

Sad to read the news. She was such a helpful, lovely person.
Thank-you for letting us know.
Positive FIT test Spring 2013(intermittent blood=of course thought it was hemorrhoid) & finally got appt with colo-rectal surgeon Dec.2013 & then colonoscopy Aug. 2014
Sigmoid resection (laparoscopic) Nov. 2014 T3N0M0=colon 2A Female 53 yrs. old
Choice of to take Capecitabine(Xeloda) or not: did 2 rounds and then had to quit due to many side-effects(still have auto-immune/drug-induced arthritis problems)
Colonoscopy Fall 2015(few polyps), Jan 2017(couple polyps); all scans/CEA/monitoring good :D

Punky44
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Re: Sad news about Miss Molly/Karen

Postby Punky44 » Wed Nov 27, 2019 11:03 pm

She was so helpful to me when my mom first got her ileostomy and had a bunch of problems. A very kind and caring lady.
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.

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Our Miss Molly/Karen has passed on

Postby Lee » Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:01 am

It is with sadness that I announce that Karen has passed on. I believe it was several days ago. I know that I missed her comments here and the UOAA forum and will continue to miss her for some time.

Here is from the UOAA site

https://www.uoaa.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=26968

May you rest in peace, Karen.

Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!

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Re: Our Miss Molly/Karen has passed on

Postby Lee » Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:16 am

CR Guy,

Feel free to take my other thread down. I did not see the this thread until just now.

Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!

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CRguy
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Re: Sad news about Miss Molly/Karen

Postby CRguy » Thu Nov 28, 2019 4:11 pm

That is OK Lee, we just merged the 2 topics to honor MissMolly

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Stage IV A rectal cancer/lung met
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my life is an ongoing totally randomized UNcontrolled experiment with N=1 !
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DarknessEmbraced
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Re: Sad news about Miss Molly/Karen

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Sun Dec 01, 2019 3:26 pm

How very sad. :( My heart goes out to her family and friends.
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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