martd wrote:... It's important that the surgeon is board certified. But the best move right now is get to a major nci designated cancer center. You can do a web search or search this forum, there is a list posted here somewhere, sorry I don't know the topic....
SilverWedding wrote:...
Again, the plan is
Monday - bloodwork surgeon Dr Vaid ordered
Wednesday - almost full body CT scans with dye
Thursday - see surgeon Dr. Vaid
Friday - see colonoscopy dr again for some reason
I’m looking at Colonoscopy Report. It says
1) Terminal ileum was normal
2) internal and External Hemorrhoids
3) Diverticulosis of Sigmoid Colon
4) Large, more than 5cm, firm friable mass starting at [dentate] line extending into rectal vau. The mass occupies 2/3 circumference of dentate line.
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SilverWedding wrote:...Again, the plan is
Monday - bloodwork surgeon Dr Vaid ordered
rp1954 wrote:Here are some major problems that most colon cancer patients don't overcome and cost them dearly:
Day 1, day of diagnosis until first major treatment
A. Inadequate "basic bloodwork", add $75 - $300; I advocate even more bloodwork.
The most commonly missing initial "basic bloodwork": CA199, hsCRP, LDH, 25-hydroxy-vitamin D
Ref: https://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=61741&p=487962#p487962
SilverWedding wrote:You are truly my best friends right now in the midst of panic attacks. I don’t say this lightly. Thank you. I haven’t focused enough to figure out how to tag you all in this.
Praise God for you. I need you all.
I just got my husband an appt with colorectal surgeon Dr. Dentsman in Delaware who not only works with oncologists at the Helen Graham Canver Center but who has specialized for years in this. I actually have some hope to have gotten this, but it’s not until Tuesday. It’s because of you that I found him though. My husband is happy about this too. Hope matters.
The CT people now want him back tomorrow for another dye test to get better rectal view. I don’t know why today’s wasnt good enough. More barium again.
Also, the surgeon wants him to have an enema before Tuesday’s meeting. I don’t know why. An exam?
I saw you all writing CEA. That was on the bloodwork order. We see colonoscopist (sp?) Friday. I presume he will point us to an oncologist? Or maybe scans will be clear of spread.
It is possible to have a large rectal mass that hasn’t spread to lymph nodes and organs, right.
Praying that the CT scans show no spread.
Cynthia
SilverWedding wrote:
I saw you all writing CEA. That was on the bloodwork order.
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