I was 10 year cancer free on November 20th!

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DarknessEmbraced
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I was 10 year cancer free on November 20th!

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Sun Nov 24, 2024 6:32 pm

My surgery was November 20th, 2014. I was stage 2a and was cured by surgery.
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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CRguy
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Re: I was 10 year cancer free on November 20th!

Postby CRguy » Mon Nov 25, 2024 12:01 am

A TEN-aversary is HUGE !!!

Cheers and best wishes for many tens more

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

utahgal7
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Re: I was 10 year cancer free on November 20th!

Postby utahgal7 » Mon Nov 25, 2024 9:59 am

DarknessEmbraced,

Congratulations on being 10 years cancer free! That's amazing.

Glad that you are still here with us ♥

Paige
02/20 Rectal Cancer dx - 4 cm mass; located 9 cm from AV
CEA 2.7; 0.9; 1.4; 0.9; 0.9; 1.2; 1.0; 0.8; 1.1; 1.0; 1.1; 1.7; 1.8; 1.8
1.9; 2.4; 2.3; 2.8; 2.2, 2.8, 3.2; 3.0; 1.6; 2.0; 1.2; 1.4; 1.2; 1.0
04/20 ST Radiation; 04/20 LAR surgery w/ileostomy; ypT3N1bM0; MSS, KRAS G12A
05/20 CAPEOX; 08/20 Ileostomy reversal
12/20 CT scan; lung nodules (watch and wait);
11/22 lung nodule biopsy positive for RC met;
1/23 VATS right lower lobe wedge resection
FOLFIRI 10 cycles
4/24 left brain craniotomy (RC met)

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beach sunrise
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Re: I was 10 year cancer free on November 20th!

Postby beach sunrise » Mon Nov 25, 2024 10:32 am

Oh DE! Reading this makes my day girl...Congrats on beating CRC.
I hope everything is going good for you way up there :)
Beach
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

I_will_fight
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Re: I was 10 year cancer free on November 20th!

Postby I_will_fight » Tue Nov 26, 2024 1:07 am

DarknessEmbraced wrote:My surgery was November 20th, 2014. I was stage 2a and was cured by surgery.


Well done! Thanks for sharing the hope.
46 yo male Spain
06/2020 - 6cm T3N0M0 CC splenic flex
3 and 4 mm lung ground glass
lymp 0/37
dMMR MSH6
KRAS mt G13D
V/LNI absent
PNI present
07/20 - hemicol surg, optimistic surgeon.
11/20 - 4 x CAPOX completed.
12/20 - Clear colonoscopy
02/21 - MRI liver lesion unchanged.
11/21 - Clear CT
02/22- Colonoscopy: Sessil polyp 3mm
05/22- Clear CT
06/22- Negative Signatera
12/22- Negative Signatera
01/23- Clear CT
07/23- Clear CT, normal markers.
09/23 - Negative Signatera
01/24 - Clear CT

DarknessEmbraced
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Re: I was 10 year cancer free on November 20th!

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Tue Nov 26, 2024 9:26 am

Thank you everyone! :) I'm so thankful for being 10 years cancer free! :D
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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horizon
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Re: I was 10 year cancer free on November 20th!

Postby horizon » Sat Nov 30, 2024 10:59 am

Freaking awesome. Congrats!!
I'm just a dude who still can't believe he had a resection and went through chemo (currently 13 years NED). Is this real life?

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Re: I was 10 year cancer free on November 20th!

Postby kiwiinoz » Sat Nov 30, 2024 7:51 pm

Congrats DE, 10 years is a massive milestone.
Do you feel like you have put cancer in the rearview mirror?
I am so happy to see posts like this, from people that were facing the same issues as I did at a similar sort of time :D
Stage IV Rectal Cancer (39 Year old male at dx)
pT3N0M1 (wish that was M0)
Diagnosed 05 Dec 2012
LAR 05 Jan 2013
VATS 27 Feb 2013
FOLOFX April 2013 - Sep 2013
Clear Scan 03 Dec 2013 - August 2020
Port Out 26 March 2015

DarknessEmbraced
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Re: I was 10 year cancer free on November 20th!

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Sun Dec 01, 2024 10:11 am

Thank you horizon and kiwiinoz! I still have a small worry in the back of my mind that my cancer will come back. It's always there. Having ongoing GI issues doesn't help. I do my best to put it out of my mind.
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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