... because I didn't post for a few years, I thought I would drop a line (as plastikos recently did) to say "I'm still here" too. I always wonder/worry when people in groups like this just disappear. It's all to easy to think they are gone for good. Well, I'm still here.
When last I posted I had completed 12 rounds and took a 6 month chemo vacation upon which my CEA jumped from 8 to 2550. So, back on the bandwagon I went. Yesterday marks the completion of my 45th round of chemo (Ignoring the failed attempt to use Xeloda). Yep, it's chemo every other week for me, but I continue to tolerate the process well so it's not all bad. Had a liquid biopsy done recently (new'ish procedure for us colon cancer folks) that opened some doors to different treatments. But in the final analysis we decided to stay the course with FolFiri+Avastin and the 5-FU pump until it's efficacy diminishes. This based on the expected side effects given that the benefits are about the same.
In the mean time I keep doing chemo and keep active with Pickleball a few hours each day (and of course all the yard work I have too!). The pattern of Chemo (3 days), Recovery (2 days), and Feeling Good (9 days), repeated over and over is occasional mind numbing, but it works so I'm not really complaining (too much! )
Stay strong everyone!
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