Postby NHMike » Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:12 pm
I went to the ER on June 23, 2017 and received an informal diagnosis but we knew what it was. I started Chemo and Radiation on July 31, 2017 so six weeks from diagnosis to treatment. It took me two weeks to get second opinions and we could have started two weeks earlier without those appointments. I do think that it's better to get started sooner rather than later. The actual pathology came back the week after the ER visit. I was very fortunate that they could do the colonoscopy the same day that I arrived in the ER.
This was for rectal cancer - I think that things can be faster for colon cancer because the treatment order is significantly different.
6/17: ER rectal bleeding; Colonoscopy
7/17: 3B rectal. T3N1bM0. 5.2 4.5 4.3 cm. Lymphs: 6 x 4 mm, 8 x 6, 5 x 5
7/17-9/17: Xeloda radiation
7/5: CEA 2.7; 8/16: 1.9; 11/30: 0.6; 12/20 1.4; 1/10 1.8; 1/31 2.2; 2/28 2.6; 4/10 2.8; 5/1 2.8; 5/29 3.2; 7/13 4.5; 8/9 2.8, 2/12 1.2
MSS, KRAS G12D
10/17: 2.7 2.2 1.6 cm (-90%). Lymphs: 3 x 3 mm (-62.5%), 4 x 3 (-75%), 5 x 3 (-40%). 5.1 CM from AV
10/17: LAR, Temp Ileostomy, Path Complete Response
CapeOx (8) 12/17-6/18
7/18: Reversal, Port Removal
2/19: Clean CT