RFA, coming in hot

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KWT
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RFA, coming in hot

Postby KWT » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:26 pm

Getting a lung thingy zapped bright an ugly Monday morning. Fun fun. DONE DEAL
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Voxx66
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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby Voxx66 » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:40 pm

Good you are having it done. Hope it stays zapped.
DX and resect 10/2012 age 46
Stage IIa CRC
liver mets both lobes 8/2013
CEA 28
FOLFOX + Avastin 8/26/13 3 rounds
Folfox only 3 rds + rd 8
platelets low round 7,9,10 5FU only
1/14 CEA 1.0 y90
5fu
10/14 mets lung and peri
1/15 Folfiri

MSJC
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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby MSJC » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:40 pm

Will swing a chicken for you, good luck!
Mike, 49 y/o at Dx 1/14 stage 3c
low rectal cancer 7 nodes positive
2/14 5 weeks chemo/rad. 5-fu
4/14 Lar gallbladder removed,
temp ileostomy
5/14 8 rds Folfox
10/14 reversal surgery
5/15 clean colonoscopy
6/15 clean ct scan

tif2112
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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby tif2112 » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:44 pm

Good luck!
51 year old female
Henderson, Nv

T3N0M0
2012 DX - Rectosigmoid Mass, Colon Resection, rx - radiation and chemo
07-24-2014 NED
2014 englarge lymph nodes, biopsy of 1 negative
07-07-2015 even bigger enlarged lymph nodes, shown on MRI & CT
2015 biopsy of bone marrow, lymph nodes-negative
3-6-2018 still enlarged lymph nodes, no diagnosis

KWT
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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby KWT » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:45 pm

Voxx66 wrote:Good you are having it done. Hope it stays zapped.


Yeah, I hope so too, it's the one nhi wanted to harvest for the TIL trial that Celine and Karin are in.

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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby juliej » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:52 pm

Zap the suckers!!! Nuke 'em til they glow! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Lots of good mojo, healing energy, chicken swinging, etc. coming your way from your bikinied buddy with the Bosch drill! :D
Stage IVb, liver/lung mets 8/4/2010
Xelox+Avastin 8/18/10 to 10/21/2011
LAR, liver resec, HAI pump 11/2011
Adjuvant Irinotecan + FUDR
Double lung surgery + ileo reversal 2/2012
Adjuvant FUDR + Xeloda
VATS rt. lung 12/2012 - benign granuloma!
VATS left lung 11/2013
NED 11/22/13 to 12/18/2019, CEA<1

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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby peanut_8 » Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:37 pm

I'll be swinging the birds for you KT. Rotating them till their lil' ole beeks are dizzy.

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MSS
April 14, 28 chemo/rad with Xeloda
June 14 adjuvant Xeloda 6 rounds
currently NED

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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby ziggymonster » Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:58 pm

Good luck....would like to hear how it goes since I am a candidate for lung RFA as well....
DX advanced prostate cancer 2002
2014 still fighting mPca , failed surgery, radiation, hormone
DX Stage IIIa Rectal Cancer 12/12 1 of 12 nodes +
LAR permanent colostomy 1/13
Folfox 2/13 - 7/13 clear CT CEA 1.2
7/14 liver met chemo the resect in Oct
6/15 2 pos lung mets watching for now

KWT
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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby KWT » Thu Jul 16, 2015 3:25 pm

ziggymonster wrote:Good luck....would like to hear how it goes since I am a candidate for lung RFA as well....


Zig, I'm getting one done on Monday and two weeks later the other lung the rest are to small for now. I'll let you know how it goes. DK and BB had the procedures recently so we'll get to see how they did as well.

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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby CLD » Thu Jul 16, 2015 4:10 pm

Good luck Kennny! I guess you won your battle with the Insurance company??? Make sure those nurses take good care of you.
Wife to DH/ Father of 6 (age 42 at dx) diagnosed Jan 2015 stage IIIC
Tumor deposit in mesentery 13/24 lymph nodes +
CEA at dx: 5
MSS
Low Grade/Mod. Diff.
FOLFOX 6 months
N.E.D until June 2018
PET Scan 6/18
Biopsy confirms cancer in 3 Paraaortic lymph nodes
Folfiri + Avastin (6tx) and Xeloda during radiation
Cancer all over both lungs dx Jan 2019
FOLFIRI +AVASTIN presently

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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby kiwiinoz » Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:05 pm

Way to go KT and hope it goes smoothly for you
You going to post another topless picture of yourself afterwards in recovery mode?
Stage IV Rectal Cancer (39 Year old male at dx)
pT3N0M1 (wish that was M0)
Diagnosed 05 Dec 2012
LAR 05 Jan 2013
VATS 27 Feb 2013
FOLOFX April 2013 - Sep 2013
Clear Scan 03 Dec 2013 - August 2020
Port Out 26 March 2015

justin case
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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby justin case » Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:17 pm

If you get it done right, I'll call you Kenny Zappa 8)
Michael
7/11 diagnosed Stage 2 colon and rectal cancer
chemo/rad
lar/temp ilio
Reversal & port removal
21 round of chemo Folfox 9tx, 5fu 12 tx
Last treatment July 2012

cathy123
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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby cathy123 » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:23 pm

Hope it goes well. Glad you got insurance sorted out.
Cathy

Diagnosed 10/14 low rectal cancer age 43
Clinical T2NXMX
Radiation/xeloda 12/14-1/15
LAR with temp Ileo 3/15
pT2N0M0, lymphatic invasion 0/37 nodes
4 xelox, 1 xeloda only
Reversal 9/15
Mom to 9&11 year olds

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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby lpas » Thu Jul 16, 2015 9:07 pm

Good luck!!
11/14 Dx sigmoid CC @ 45yo
12/14 Colectomy + hysterectomy
Stage IIIB, T3N1bM0, 2/20 nodes, MSS, G2, KRAS(A146T), TP53, SMAD4, ERBB2, CEA 1.0
2/15-7/15 XELOX & celecoxib
2/19 clean scope
11/19 clean CT
Ongoing cimetidine & other targeted supplements
Mom to a 6 & 8yo

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Re: RFA, coming in hot

Postby Teddi » Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:38 pm

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Heal quickly!

Teddi
47 at diagnosis
Colonoscopy, biopsy, CT, PET 6/14
Rectal cancer (tentatively) Stage III-b, MSS
Xeloda and radiation 25x finished 8/14
FOLFOX 5 cycles
Surgery 1/23/14 ~ T1N0MX ~ temp illeostomy
FOLFOX 3 cycles = total of 8
Illeostomy reversal 4/8/15
Clean scans x2, clear colonoscopy 9/15


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