Scheduled for surgery!! There is hope!

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skimom
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Scheduled for surgery!! There is hope!

Postby skimom » Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:04 pm

I got the call today that I am officially scheduled for surgery on 20 June and could not be happier!

I write this to offer hope to any of you that have just been given awful news and don’t have much hope. While I’ve never lost faith, I was beyond shocked at the words “you have stage iv cancer” since I was never sick and chemo for life was the only option given to me by local oncologist.

Thanks to the amazing people on here posting their stories and answering so many questions. All of the things I’ve learned from reading through so many old posts and the words of encouragement to not give up and go get other opinions helped me so very much!

While this battle is far from over, I have so much more hope for getting to NED.

Plan for surgery is as follows:

Surgery Date: 6/20/23
Procedure: Laparoscopy, partial hepatectomy, cholecystectomy, possible liver lesion ablation, placement of hepatic arterial infusion pump, and liver ultrasound.

I know I will have more chemo to do and traveling 4 hours one-way every 2 weeks will have its challenges but will be so worth it should this HAI pump do what we expect it to.

That’s it. Just wanted to share. Blessings to you all

~Sara~
47yo F at DX
DX 12/11/22 Stage IV (liver & lung mets) KRAS PIK3CA
12/15/22 Primary tumor removed from Transverse Colon (4.3x4.0x0.6cm G2 3/15 lymph nodes. Clear margins)
01/06/23 started Folfox (10 cycles)
Initial CEA 5608
CEA after 4 rounds 1319
CEA after 6 rounds 427
CEA after 9 rounds 95
HAI pump installed 06/20/23
Start FOLFIRI and FUDR 07/05/23
CEA down to 37
31
21
18
9/2023 Switch back to FOLFOX due to new lung nodules
11/23 FOLFOX fail CEA up to 62

nmorgen
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Re: Scheduled for surgery!! There is hope!

Postby nmorgen » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:59 pm

Congratulations on your surgery! I really hope that everything goes well.
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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beach sunrise
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Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:14 pm

Re: Scheduled for surgery!! There is hope!

Postby beach sunrise » Sat Jun 03, 2023 1:49 pm

The best news! You did it.
It's a great feeling to meet a much sought after goal akin to stepping in high cotton!
8/19 RC CEA 82.6 T3N0M0
5FU/rad 6 wk
IVC 75g 1 1/2 wks before surgery. Continue 2x a week
Surg 1/20 -margins T4bN1a IIIC G2 MSI- 1/20 LN+ LVI+ PNI-
pre cea 24 post 5.9
FOLFOX
7 rds 6-10 CEA 11.4 No more
CEA
7/20 11.1 8.8
8/20 7.8
9/20 8.8, 9, 8.6
10/20 8.1
11/20 8s
12/20 8s-9s
ADAPT++++ chrono
CEA
10/23/22 26.x
12/23/22 22.x
2023
1/5 17.1
1/20 15.9
3/30 14.9
6/12 13.3
8/1 2.1
Nodule RML SUV 1.3 5mm
Rolles 3 of 4 lung nodules cancer
KRAS
Chem-sens test failed Not enough ca cells to test

DarknessEmbraced
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Location: New Brunswick, Canada

Re: Scheduled for surgery!! There is hope!

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:35 pm

That's wonderful news! I hope your surgery goes well. *hugs*
Diagnosed 10/28/14, age 36
Colon Resection 11/20/14, LAR (no illeo)
Stage 2a colon cancer, T3NOMO
Lymph-vascular invasion undetermined
0/22 lymph nodes
No chemo, no radiation
Clear Colonoscopy 04/29/15
NED 10/20/15
Ischemic Colitis 01/21/16
NED 11/10/16
CT Scan moved up due to high CEA 08/21/17
NED 09/25/17
NED 12/21/18
Clear colonoscopy 09/23/19
Clear 5 year scans 11/21/19- Considered cured! :)


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