GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

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WriterGirl1969
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GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby WriterGirl1969 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:05 am

I know all of you have been anxiously waiting for an update on Beans (as have I), and now I'm glad to give one.
Below is the information as it was given to me by a family member.

"She had two surgeries. 9 hours the first, 5 the next. Apparently they needed to go back in and repair her bile ducts. She is sedated and on a respirator in icu, running a temp and a bit jaundiced, but she made it through the surgeries and the docs say this is to be expected. They are thinking of bringing her out of sedation once the fever breaks. They removed the right side of her liver and biopsies showed the tumor was dead, and they are cautiously saying cure if she makes it through recovery. We're hopeful she's going to be just fine."

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I will continue to post any new info as I receive it.

Smiles, hugs and prayers,
Tracy (aka WriterGirl)
DX 3/4/2016 Colon Cancer; age 46 Mom of then 4-yr-old
Stage IIIB: T3N1M0
3/31/16 Surgery
4 to 10/2016: Xeloda Monotherapy
CEA: 10/16 0.56, 1/17 0.54
CT CLEAR: 3/6/17; 4/17/18; 4/16/19
NED 3 years
“If I can help somebody as I walk along, then my living shall not be in vain.”

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby Robino1 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:13 am

Oh my!! Thank YOU so much for posting.

Tears of joy are starting to spring leaks in my eyes. Wonderful that Larry was dead and is now evicted!!!!!!


I've been so anxious and checking very often throughout every day. Wonderful news!!!!!!!!

Edit to add: continued prayers for a complete and 'cured' recovery!
At 54 2014 1st colonoscopy colon cancer detect
Colon resect margins clear. No chemo Stage II
2017
Distend abd, pain in intestines.
CT scan seeding & Ascites
Lap diag - cancer on the omentum
CEA 217; 219
FOLFOX started 6/17
CEA 202
8/29/17 CT melting of tumor.
Latest CT scan shows 2 new tumors and return of ascites.
CEA: (2017)9/30 -109; 10/12 -99.1; 11/4 -90.7; 11/30 -70.7; 12/14 -83.4; (2018)1/4 -73.3; 2/1-84.2; 89.2; 89.8; 88.5; 81.8: 93.5; 107; 119
BRAF V600e

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby WarriorSpouse » Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:15 am

Thinking and praying for BeansMama.
D/H 47 years old, 10/2014, Stage IV M/CRC, nodes 12/15, para-aortic, 5 cm sigmoid resection, positive Virchow. KRAS mut, MSS, Highly Differentiated, Lynch Neg, 5FU/LV and Avastin 1 YR (Oxi for 5 months), Zeloda/Bev since 01/2016. 02/2019 recurrence para-nodes, back to 5FU/LV Oxy/Bev. It is working again. "...Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."-Walter Elliot

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby TXLiz » Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:22 am

Prayers and healing thoughts to Beansmama. I so hope she recovers as expected, and this does not darken her doorway again.
Vomiting and blockage 9/19/16 46 y F
R hemi colectomy 9/20/16
Stage 3 B CRC, located in cecum
3 out of 16 lymph nodes positive
perineural invasion/lymphovascular invasion
infiltrating, mod differentiated adenocarcinoma with a mucinous component
separate tumor nodules present in pericolonic adipose tissue
MSI-high
Baseline PET scan clear 9/16 CEA 0.5
FOLFOX 10/16- 3/17
April 16th, CT scan clear. CEA 1.1
Lynch "inconclusive"
Colonoscopy 10/5/2017 clear

BIG ROB 69
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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby BIG ROB 69 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:53 am

FUKEN AWESOME!!!
3/18/2015 DX CC Stage3/4 49YO MALE IN NEW YORK
Inoperable...hepatic artery
11/15 oper to rem block...colon bypass
4/16 oper to remove scar tissue
5/16 Lynch pos.
10/16 Two bile tubes installed to relieve jaundice
So far I have done the three main chemo drug rounds and on 12/19/16 start Keytruda.
No chemo after 8/3/16 CEA: 10/14/16-409 12/19/16- 887 Mostly my CEA was in the 140-180 range.
CEA: 1/9/17-415 1/30/17-156.2 2/20/17-120.8 3/13/17-98 4/21/17-83.6 5/12/17-64.7 6/1/17-32.1
7/25/17-32.6

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby AbbyDoo » Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:59 am

Thanks so much for the up-date
I like Robino, tears of joy. So glad to hear Larry is dead and has been given the boot.
Praying for Beansmama and a speedy recovery
53 yrs old
4/30/15 colonoscopy Mass found
5/21/15 staged 3 C rectal cancer
7/3/15 finished xeloda and radiation 28 rounds
9/30/15 LAR
10/29/15 picc line installed
11/2/15 start chemo 5 fu Oxaliplatin
3/7/16 Finish Chemo
4/29/16 Ileostomy Reversal.
7/13/16 colonoscopy clear.
CRC survivors know there Sh%t

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby SweetC80 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:07 am

Wow, glad she's on her road to recovery. Such a trooper. Many continued healing thoughts.
My Mom
12/16 Stage IIIb Rectal Ca CEA 1.2
1/17-2/17 Chemoradiation CEA 4.4
5/17 Entire Colon, Rectum & Anus removed Perm Ileostomy Bag
7/17 FOLFOX
9/17 Stage IVb 9cm Liver Met & 7mm Lung Nodule CEA 197
9/17 FOLFIRI CEA 160
10/17 Confirmed KRAS Pos CEA 210
11/17 Met growths Liver 10cm & Lung 8mm CEA 425
12/17 FOLFOX again Met growths Liver 13cm & Lung 1cm CEA 405
12/17 Xifaxan due to Hepatic Encephalopathy
12/17 New 2cm liver Met
1/18 CEA 992
2/8/18 Passed Peacefully

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby benben » Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:13 am

Thanks for updating us all Tracy.

Sounds like a rough road with 14 hours of combined surgery.
Hoping everything goes as planned and she is taken out of sedation, happy to know she's still here and receives a "NED" diagnosis.
And Metta towards Bean as well. Lord knows what sort of thoughts may transpire while her MAMA goes through this process.

best wishes.
----------------------
3/29/17 diagnosed CRC - 44 y/o Male
4/17/17 ULAR - Straight anastomosis - no ostomy.
Path: low grade T3n1m0 - moderate diff.
KRAS - NO, MLH1/PMS2/MSH6/MSH2 - Normal.
5/3 med port install
5/22 folfox - first treatment.
3rd treat, delayed - low ANC - reduced to 90% OXI
zarxio all treats
Treat 7 - 75% OXI
Treats 8-12 - NO OXI, Luke & 5FU
10/20/17 CT- NED
3/18 Scope - Clean
11/8 PORT OUT!
7/22 CT - NED (5 years!)

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby susie0915 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:35 am

Prayers for speedy recovery.
58 yrs old Dx @ 55
5/15 DX T3N0MO
6/15 5 wks chemo/rad
7/15 sigmoidoscopy/only scar tissue left
8/15 PET scan NED
9/15 LAR
0/24 nodes
10/15 blockage. surgery,early ileo rev, c-diff inf :(
12/15 6 rds of xelox
5/16 CT lung scarring/inflammation
9/16 clear colonoscopy
4/17 C 4mm lung nod
10/17 pel/abd CT NED
11/17 CEA<.5
1/18 CT/Lung no change in 4mm nodule
5/18 CEA<.5, CT pel/abd/lung NED
11/18 CEA .6
5/19 CT NED, CEA <.5
10/19 Clear colonscopy
11/19 CEA <.5

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby Shana » Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:43 am

Thank you for updating us, Tracy.

What an ordeal she's been through already!
Prayers for a speedy recovery for Beansmama and may she soon be NED!
DX - 12/16
MSS - KRAS wild
Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma at splenic flexure
Stage IV CC with liver mets
5FU - Failed twice - 1/17 and 3/17
Irinotecan + Cetuximab: 8/17
Irinotecan and Erbitux ran it's course. CEA rising
Primary tumor invaded tail of pancreas and spleen. Liver mets major concern
Y-90 radioembolization on 9/17/18, liver enzyymes have dropped. 10 Radiation treatments to primary tumor completed too. CT scan Nov to assess overall situation...

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby CRguy » Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:31 pm

Hellyeah BM !!
kickass and take names my friend
Harmony and MEGA +++++ POSI VIBES and CHEERS coming your way

thanx tracy
please send all our well wishes and prayers back to her thru the family connection

CRguy on the Journey
Caregiver x 4
Stage IV A rectal cancer/lung met
17 Year survivor
my life is an ongoing totally randomized UNcontrolled experiment with N=1 !
Review of my Journey so far

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby mypinkheaven » Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:35 pm

Thanks, Tracy. I've been thinking of Beansmama daily. I pray she recovers soon.
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

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby stu » Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:41 pm

Sounds rough . Hoping for a speedy recovery and lots of time relaxing with her daughter .
Great to hear she is safely through .
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 .

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby Lee » Sun Oct 08, 2017 1:06 pm

Thank you Tracy. So very HAPPY to read BM made it through surgery (2X). So happy to read the possible word "cure". She has worked so hard to get to this point. Keep it up BeansMama.

Love and prayers,

Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!

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Re: GOOD NEWS ON BEANSMAMA

Postby orlar » Sun Oct 08, 2017 1:38 pm

Positive thoughts for a quick recovery!
56yo male DX 5/17, Right Hemi colectomy 6/17
Stage 3c 12 of 21 LN
7/17-12/17 Folfox(no Oxi round 9-12)
12/17 liver/lung mets-Stage 4 MSS KRAS G13D
2/18 liver doubled to 8.5cm+new met, lung mets to 1.4cm, multi peri/omen
2/18-7/18 Folfiri+Avastin(no 5FU after C2)
4/18 mets shrinking
7/18 liver/lung mets growing, Folfiri stopped
10/18 In Clinical Trial
CEA 5/17-16.2, 12/17-16.1, 02/18-43.0, 3/18-16.9, 4/18-9.0, 5/18-5.5, 6/18-6.9, 7/18-7.8, 9/18-56


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