The Colon Club

Hello,
For those who are stage 3- what is your surveillance schedule? How often are scans, and when do you stop... 5 years? Curious to hear if this varies doctor to doctor.
And those who are past 5 years, do you have zero oncology visits now?
Thanks for any info,
Ksue

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CRguy

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I will check it out, thanks.

My oncologist says I am “almost done having to see him, (barring any issues between now and January) and I just can’t fathom that. Just curious if that has been the case for anyone else.

Thanks for your reply
Ksue

This month marks 10 years post 3C CRC diagnosis for me. NED and back to normal for many years now.

After 3 years without recurrence surveillance dropped way off - they started to suggest I was likely cured at that point. After that I think I had a CT scan (pelvis and torso) one more time at the 4 year mark. At 5 years I was basically graduated from the program. After that it was coloscopy every 3 years (and supposedly for the rest of my life, although I might drop to every 5). They're happy to see me at the oncology clinic if I really want to go - they say - but they don't recommend it or require anything further. It's just the colonoscopies now. I see my primary care internal medicine doc for an annual physical, which includes bloodwork and CEA level.

ab123 wrote:This month marks 10 years post 3C CRC diagnosis for me. NED and back to normal for many years now.

After 3 years without recurrence surveillance dropped way off - they started to suggest I was likely cured at that point. After that I think I had a CT scan (pelvis and torso) one more time at the 4 year mark. At 5 years I was basically graduated from the program. After that it was coloscopy every 3 years (and supposedly for the rest of my life, although I might drop to every 5). They're happy to see me at the oncology clinic if I really want to go - they say - but they don't recommend it or require anything further. It's just the colonoscopies now. I see my primary care internal medicine doc for an annual physical, which includes bloodwork and CEA level.

Thanks for your response, ab123. It is encouraging to hear your story, and thanks for the info.
Ksue