CURED STAGE IV / 11 years on April 11th

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dianetavegia
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CURED STAGE IV / 11 years on April 11th

Postby dianetavegia » Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:31 am

PRAISE GOD, I had 80% of my liver removed for Stage IV colon cancer on April 11, 2012. The doctor got all the cancer and no lymph nodes were involved. I have been cured by the grace of our Heavenly Father, healer Jehovah Rapha for 11 years today!
My first cancer was removed Jan. 7th, 2009.
I am thankful for the time I have been given!
Stage III cc surgery 1/7/09. 12 tx FOLFOX
Stage IV PET = 1.5cm liver met. HR 4/11/12

14 years since dx and 11 years post liver resection.
Pronounced CURED and discharged by onc

“O Lord my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me.” Psalms 30:2

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Re: CURED STAGE IV / 11 years on April 11th

Postby MadMed » Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:18 am

Congratulations Diane, your first post was Sat May 16, 2009 9:47 pm..You're still here and thriving, that is excellent!
52M DX: RC lower rectum, guessing now 2cm from AV 4/27/2021
T3N0M0 adenocarcinoma with signet ring cell features
Tumor size 30mm
Tumor grade: G3
Baseline CEA 1.0
MSI status: MSS pMMR
Started Folfox 5/12/2021
Switched to FOLFIRINOX from session 2. 8 rounds total.
CT+MRI tumor contained shrunk 80%, no spread to other organs.
CRT started xeloda + 28 days Radiation 9/27-11/04
NED as of 4/06 CT/MRI/sigmoidoscopy
On W&W 04/06/2022

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Re: CURED STAGE IV / 11 years on April 11th

Postby CRguy » Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:57 pm

Congratulations and best wishes Diane.

With you in Harmony
on the Journey
CRguy
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: CURED STAGE IV / 11 years on April 11th

Postby DBF » Sat Apr 29, 2023 5:54 pm

Congrats, Diane!! So nice to see your post. That’s wonderful news.

Donna
6/13 Dx @ 29 Wks pregnant, 42 yo
Adenocarcinoma, mucinous
7/13 C-sec/col resec/part. hysterectomy
8/13 Pulm embolism
8/13 Spread to liver
9/13 Liver resection
FOLFOX
CEA UP
ADAPT: Xeloda/Celebrex
2/14 oopherectomy
10/15 obstruction surg
10/17 Scar tissue removal/vsg surg
2019: NED :)
2021: NED :D
2022: NED :)
Mom to 3 boys: 24, 13 & 9

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Re: CURED STAGE IV / 11 years on April 11th

Postby cptmac » Tue May 02, 2023 11:33 pm

Congratulations!!!
cptmac
As long as you're alive, there is hope.
dx 7/04 stage IV
colon resection 8/04
liver resection 9/04 with HAI pump installed
Stage II trial w irinotecan as systemic and FUDR for direct chemo to liver via HAI pump
Cured since 9/04

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Re: CURED STAGE IV / 11 years on April 11th

Postby nmorgen » Sun May 07, 2023 7:12 pm

Congratulations!
DH age 47
DX 10/22 stage 4
2 tumors in sigmoid colon 2 Mets liver
adenocarcinoma
MSI-H, TMB-H 38, KRAS G13V, ERBB2 neg, BRCA2, Lynch Syndrome
Grade 1 well differentiated
12/1/22 Yervoy and Opdivo CEA 5.4
12/19/22 Yervoy & Opdivo CEA 4.6
01/12/22 Yervoy & Opdivo CEA 3.9
2/13/23 Yervoy& Opdivo CEA 3.4
3/7/23 ct scans no change
3/9/23 Opdivo CEA 3.4
4/4/23 Opdivo CEA 2.3
6/1/23 Opdivo CEA 2.6

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waw4
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Re: CURED STAGE IV / 11 years on April 11th

Postby waw4 » Sat May 27, 2023 8:23 am

Hi Diane!
Happy to hear you remain well in Villa Rica—a town from which I have happy memories of visiting my grandmother when I was a boy.
With God's grace, I am still gratefully chugging away here in NC as well.
Regards,
Bill
Bill's Colonoscopy 6/29/10; Dx Stage I or II
Surgery 7/15/10; Dx Stage III,15/32 lymph nodes
FOLFOX4 start 9/14/10; end 1/20/11 (9 tx)
2021 dx MSH6 Lynch Syndrome positive
(as are my brother, sister & son, but not daughter)
Grateful for 2nd Chance NED time!


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