Cea gone down again!

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Joannerogers
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Cea gone down again!

Postby Joannerogers » Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:02 am

My cea has dropped again, now down to 13.9! If I wasn't a smoker(starting chantix to quit) it might be even lower. I love progress! Feeling crappy after 10th chemo, but just two more to go, also I'm looking forward to my surgery consult the month on the 24. After the 12 chemo a break to regain my strength to prepare for surgery.
53yo married 27 years, 2 children, 24 and 25
Diagnosed april 23,2015 rectosigmoid
Starting CEA 1845
Port placement and liver bx April 27
Folfox started april 29
Avastin added on May 6
Stage IV crc with mets to 50% of liver

10/13/15 dc'd transfusion #12...toxic
Pet/ct scan on 11/3/15
20% liver resected all margins clear 11/30/15
8/18/15 cea 21.
9/15/15 cea 13.9
10/13/15 cea 14.4
1/22/2016 cea 2.5
LAR 02/15/16 all clear

Nik Colon

Re: Cea gone down again!

Postby Nik Colon » Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:43 am

That's great!

weisssoccermom
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Location: Pacific NW

Re: Cea gone down again!

Postby weisssoccermom » Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:43 am

Wow...reading your signature that is QUITE a drop from the number at diagnosis!! Always good to be going in the right direction.
Dx 6/22/2006 IIA rectal cancer
6 wks rad/Xeloda -finished 9/06
1st attempt transanal excision 11/06
11/17/06 XELOX 1 cycle
5 months Xeloda only Dec '06 - April '07
10+ blood clots, 1 DVT 1/07
transanal excision 4/20/07 path-NO CANCER CELLS!
NED now and forever!
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midlifemom
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Location: NJ

Re: Cea gone down again!

Postby midlifemom » Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:58 am

Just two more to go.
When you feel crappy, think about that dramatic effect the drugs have made to your cea - it's kicking cancers butt!
Just two more to go - you can do it.
Stage 3 cc - dx Jan '14 age 53, cea 2.9
t2n2m0, KRAS mutant, MSS
Folfox Feb - Aug '14
Nov '14 cea 27.7 -2 liver masses
Dec '14 left lobectomy and HAI
Jan '15 FUDR and FOLFIRI
Aug '15 fudr done, liver clear, add avastin for lungs. Cea 4.3
Feb '16 CEA rising
May '16 2 wk break then drop Iri for 6 weeks.
Jul '16 cancer grew, constricted main bile duct. Stent inserted. On break till jaundice clears. CEA climbing. Doing reduced Folfox. Allergic to Oxali.
Sep'16 chemo failed. Trial or hospice?

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Crystald
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Re: Cea gone down again!

Postby Crystald » Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:31 am

Atta girl! Kick some butt! :D
Age 58
DX Jul 2014 Stage IVb CRC metastatic, unknown primary, CEA 1826
Inoperable, Chemo for life
KRASwt
MSI: not tested
29 Jul 14 Port
30 Jul - 19 Jan 2015 Folfox (12 cycles) CEA 164.5
9 Feb 15 - 20 May Flofiri failed (6 cycles) CEA 417.0
17 Jul 15 - Initiated Vectibix CEA 555.5
17 Jul 2015 - 14 Jan 2016 Vectibix
8 Feb 2016 - 11 Apr 2016 Xeloda
26 Apr 2016 Hospice

JENNJ
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Joined: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:00 pm

Re: Cea gone down again!

Postby JENNJ » Wed Sep 16, 2015 11:00 am

THAT IS AWESOME !!!!!!!!

orcasres
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Location: Orcas Island, WA

Re: Cea gone down again!

Postby orcasres » Wed Sep 16, 2015 1:03 pm

Wonderful news. With two treatments to go it was pretty easy for me to just focus on the end date. I felt really crappy but the end was actually in sight. Lois
63 yo F
Colon resection Sept. 2010
pT3N0M0 Stage 2A
Medullary Tumor 6.5cm long
Lymphovascular invasion
Lynch negative
12 FOLFOX 11/2010 to 5/2011 8 w/Oxi
NED so far

lpas
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Re: Cea gone down again!

Postby lpas » Wed Sep 16, 2015 1:51 pm

Great news!!
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

Joannerogers
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Re: Cea gone down again!

Postby Joannerogers » Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:41 am

Thanks all!
53yo married 27 years, 2 children, 24 and 25
Diagnosed april 23,2015 rectosigmoid
Starting CEA 1845
Port placement and liver bx April 27
Folfox started april 29
Avastin added on May 6
Stage IV crc with mets to 50% of liver

10/13/15 dc'd transfusion #12...toxic
Pet/ct scan on 11/3/15
20% liver resected all margins clear 11/30/15
8/18/15 cea 21.
9/15/15 cea 13.9
10/13/15 cea 14.4
1/22/2016 cea 2.5
LAR 02/15/16 all clear


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