beach sunrise wrote:Thank you green tea! I did read that chain while researching.
There are about 60 CRC people so far on the TM with the onc I'm under now so we will see how it works for me. I will update.
Green Tea wrote:Another question: Have you ever had a consult with a hepato-biliary expert to get an expert opinion on whether or not you have a liver problem?
There are several different kinds of liver problems that can occur:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hepato-biliary_diseases
Carcino Embryonic Antigen (CEA) - False Positives
•Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
•Pancreatitis.
•Liver disease (e.g., NASH : Non Alcoholic Steatosis Hepatitis - "fatty liver disease" )
•Tobacco use can lead to elevated CEA levels. (CEA is elevated in 19% of smokers and only 3% of the non-smoking healthy population.)
•Diverticulitis.
•Hepatitis.
•Peptic ulcers.
•Hypothyroidism.
•Cirrhosis of the liver.
•COPD.
•Lung infection.
•Pleural effusions.
•Biliary obstruction.
•Treatment with oral 5-FU.
•High serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (sGPT) levels.
Reference: http://www.kantrowitz.com/cancerpoints/
beach sunrise wrote:...
Appt with endo tomorrow to check out my thyroid. Nodules on left side and left side is enlarged...
On December 18, 2020 beach sunrise wrote:Thyroid results are in. I need a biopsy of a nodule on the left side.
My CR surgeon asked me if I talked with the endo about thyroid affecting cea. I told him no we didn't get that far into a discussion.
As for liver, if different/still dilated 3 mths from now will do an ultrasound.
Thats all I have to report at this time.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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