Postby boxhill » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:47 am
My CEA had risen to just above 8 and now is around 7. My oncologist told me on Thursday that CEA may well be linked to inflammation in general, so my acquisition of RA at some point during the last two years could have driven it up, and the RA treatments could be bringing it down. Through all of this I have been NED. The lowest my CEA has been was at diagnosis/surgery, when I had substantial cancer, and they said it wasn't a marker for me. The whole thing is puzzling! If you recently started weight training, that could well account for a rise.
Hope your scan goes well.
F, 64 at DX CRC Stage IV
3/17/18 blockage, r hemi
11 of 25 LN,5 mesentery nodes
5mm liver met
pT3 pN2b pM1
BRAF wild, KRAS G12D
dMMR, MSI-H
5/18 FOLFOX
7/18 and 11/18 CT NED
12/18 MRI 5mm liver mass, 2 LNs in porta hepatis
12/31/18 Keytruda
6/19 Multiphasic CT LNs normal, Liver stable
6/28/19 Pause Key, predisone for joint pain
7/31/19 Restart Key
9/19 CT stable
Pain: all fails but Celebrex
12/23/19 CT stable
5/20 MRI stable/NED
6/20 Stop Key
All MRIs NED