Just posting to vent mostly.
Story is in sig, but I thought I was out of the woods after getting my permanent colostomy in 2019 and doing 4 (out of 6) rounds of XELOX. Doctor had said studies showed 4 treatments might be just as effective as 6. CT in December of 2020 showed growth in a lung nodule that originally they ruled was calcified but too small to worry about. After a biopsy they ruled a met from the removed tumor in my rectum. They moved the lung met and didn't see anything else, but my oncologist wants another 6 rounds of Xelox.
So getting ready to deal with chemo again, but this time I got a port put in instead of using the IV like before. Hopefully the port makes the infusion less painful, but not looking forward to the Oxaliplatin side effects. (First bite syndrome is the worst!)
I'm hopeful this is it, this time the cancer is really gone and it's not going to be another "oh wait, there's another growth we thought was nothing but is actually bad." However, I get with this disease, that's never out of the question. Lots of stage 4 survivors on here at least, and I'm thankful for this community.