VATS surgery complete

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teri3
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VATS surgery complete

Postby teri3 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 7:56 pm

Hi gang! I had my left lung thingy removed by VATS Monday 10th. Some ways it was worse then expected in others not so bad. I had quite a bit of pain the first couple days but today not so bad. It took me a day to figure out the pain meds. I have surgery for the right ling thingy Monday 24th. After that hopefully I will be long term NED!
HUGS
Teri
58 yrs old female
MSS KRAS mutation G12V
adenocarcinoma sigmoid colon dx 11-14
sigmoidectomy 11-14
Stage 3A
3 out of 20 lymph nodes involved
started FolFox 1-27-15
11 rounds FOLFOX last one 6-30-2015
7-29-2015 PET clear
5-14-2016 CT 2 nodules one in each lung
Confirmed pulmonary metastasis stage 4
FOLFIRi + Avistin started 8-16 11 rounds complete 12-16
CT 12-16 nodules shrunk chemo break wait and see :?
CT growth
VATS l lung 4 10 17
VATS r lung 4 24 17
CT 2 nodules r up and l low :(

Pita
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Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:48 pm
Location: So Calif

Re: VATS surgery complete

Postby Pita » Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:27 pm

Glad to hear the pain is lessening Teri and good luck and prayers with the next side and then Congrats on NED!!! oxo
70yo Fem DX: 1/21/2016 RC Stage IV-Nodules lungs
MSS-Kras Wild-Lynch Synd Neg-Lung Biopsy 1/27/16-Port 2/19/16
MRI 7/7/16 Endometrial polyp found, watching LAR 7/19/16, No Ileostomy, Stage ypT3 N1
CT 11/7/16: Most mets stable,1 shrunk,1 new??
CEA Tests: 1/21/16=20, 12/22/16=5.3, 1/20/17=4.8, 2/15/17=6.2
9/20/16-1/24/17 Folfuri & Avastin
#10/10 Done
PET/CT 2/10/16-1/31/17=Some shrunk & growth to 2, Avastin failing ??? :evil:
2/21/17 Folfuri & Avastin

stu
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Re: VATS surgery complete

Postby stu » Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:33 am

Excellent news. Next time you will have the pain meds all sorted too.
Take care,
Stu
supporter to my mum who lives a great life despite a difficult diagnosis
stage4 2009 significant spread to liver
2010 colon /liver resection
chemo following recurrence
73% of liver removed
enjoying life treatment free
2016 lung resection
Oct 2017 nice clear scan . Two lung nodules disappeared
Oct 2018. Another clear scan .

DarknessEmbraced
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Location: New Brunswick, Canada

Re: VATS surgery complete

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Sat Apr 15, 2017 12:19 pm

I'm glad your surgery went well and that you figured out your pain medications!*hugs*
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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mypinkheaven
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Re: VATS surgery complete

Postby mypinkheaven » Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:24 pm

Yippee! You'll be back in your dog taxi business in no time! I'm very happy for you! 8)
MSS, KRAS Wild NRAS Mutated
9/2012 CRC IIB Lft Colectomy 0 lymph nodes 0 Chemo
10/2013 CT clear
11/15 CEA 2.7 to 4.6
11/15 Spread to uterus. Hysterectomy
2/16 Pelvic radiation 25, brachytherapy 3
4/16 - 6/16 Xeloda
6/16 CT Several lung nodules 5 mm
8/16 CT Nodules still present. Most stable. Some growth
11/16 Transfer to UCSD Moores
12/16 Folfox + Avastin failed
2/17 Folfiri + Erbitux
8/17 5FU+Erbitux No 5FU bolus
7/18 Spread to vagina
6/18 Folfiri + Avastin + Trametinib
6/18 CEA dropping

mariane
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Re: VATS surgery complete

Postby mariane » Sat Apr 15, 2017 11:10 pm

Teri,
Great news !!!!!! Stay in NEDville forever! :)
mom of now 14 years old twins, dx @ 40 in 6/2015 with upper rectal cancer, 10+ liver mets, CEA 140
chemo: 8/2015 - 10/2016 - 4xFOLFIRINOX, 2xFOLFOX, 8xFOLFIRI, 10x5FU, HAI pump -12xFUDR
4 surgeries, complete pathological response
CEA<2 since 10/2015
NED since May 2016

I praise God for every day with my family!

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Rob in PA
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Location: Pennsylvania

Re: VATS surgery complete

Postby Rob in PA » Sun Apr 16, 2017 2:16 am

Great news Teri! !!
dx 11/07 crc IIIb @ 39
Xelox/Rad/ temp colostomy
LAR/J-pouch/ temp ileo
Folfox-8
Failed reversal
2/09 liver mets; liver resect/ileo reversal
Folfiri/Avastin - 12
2/11 5 lung mets
Folfiri/Avastin 2011
SBRT 3/12
Lung met 5/13/ said NO to more chemo
SBRT 8/13
2 lung mets 5/14, VATS 8/14, NED

teri3
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Re: VATS surgery complete

Postby teri3 » Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:11 am

Thanks gang! Righty is to be removed next Monday
Hugs,
Teri
58 yrs old female
MSS KRAS mutation G12V
adenocarcinoma sigmoid colon dx 11-14
sigmoidectomy 11-14
Stage 3A
3 out of 20 lymph nodes involved
started FolFox 1-27-15
11 rounds FOLFOX last one 6-30-2015
7-29-2015 PET clear
5-14-2016 CT 2 nodules one in each lung
Confirmed pulmonary metastasis stage 4
FOLFIRi + Avistin started 8-16 11 rounds complete 12-16
CT 12-16 nodules shrunk chemo break wait and see :?
CT growth
VATS l lung 4 10 17
VATS r lung 4 24 17
CT 2 nodules r up and l low :(

sdino
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Re: VATS surgery complete

Postby sdino » Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:11 am

Hi Teri3, good news ! Just wondering, my wife has bilateral mets 15 total, with the largest measuring 1.2 cm left lung w/14 other nodules measuring less than 9 mm. Currently seeing oncologists @ Roswell Cancer Inst. and Sloan Kettering which neither have not mentioned anything about addressing these except to take a wait n see approach w/Chemo. I’m very anxious/frustrated on her lung mets. Is this standard ? I guess my question to ALL are there too many of these mets to consider surgery ? 2nd question is there an excellent place (hospital) that performs VATS/Lung surgeries on mets that I can learn more about ?
Thx.
Caregiver for Wife 54 yrs old
DX:11/16-CC sigmoid colon
Lung Mets: 25+ Bilateral ranging 4mm-5.0cm
MSS, KRAS-G12D; TP53
iTCR TIL Trial NCT03412877 4/19 to 7/19 Off trial, - Sept. 2019 TIL trial NCT01174121
CT Scans: 7/2020 lung met shrinkage 36%, 3 lung mets left, two Liver mets destroyed by TILs
Brain tumor removal 3/2020
CEA:16-11/16; 5 -9/18; 63 -8/19; 1 -1/20; 0.8-5/20


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