Quick update - it's been 7 years today...
Quick update - it's been 7 years today...
... That DH was diagnosed with stage 4 CRC, mets in his lumbar spine, no primary (it surfaced several years later in the rectum). He's still here, still fighting, still on Xeloda + Avastin (3000mg Xeloda each day for 7 days then a week off, Avastin infusion every other week). CEA is slowly creeping up (lowest was around 6.8 last summer, now back at 10.3) but scan last week didn't show anything new (the "usual" mix of lytic and necrotic cells in L3 and L4). So we've got another 3 months of "normalcy". Did a great family vacay on Maui mid March, planning our summer in France... Life is not what it used to be, but it goes on!
Wife of Dx 04/18 (51 yo). MSS, KRAS G12A, no primary
Tumors: L4 04/18; left adrenal gland & small lung nodules 03/19
rectum 02/22 (pT3 pN0 stage 2A); L3 09/22
Surgeries: intestinal resect. 05/18 (no cancer - Crohn's); adrenalectomy 02/20
L3-L4-L5 fusion and corpectomy 05/20; LAR 04/22; ileo reversal 09/22
L2-L3 fusion and corpectomy 09/22
Treatments: EBRT 04/18; SBRT 02/19; Failed adjuvant Xelox ; Folfiri/Avastin 03/19 - 01/20
adjuvant chemorad (Xeloda) 06/22; SBRT 11/22; Xeloda/Avastin since 01/24
Tumors: L4 04/18; left adrenal gland & small lung nodules 03/19
rectum 02/22 (pT3 pN0 stage 2A); L3 09/22
Surgeries: intestinal resect. 05/18 (no cancer - Crohn's); adrenalectomy 02/20
L3-L4-L5 fusion and corpectomy 05/20; LAR 04/22; ileo reversal 09/22
L2-L3 fusion and corpectomy 09/22
Treatments: EBRT 04/18; SBRT 02/19; Failed adjuvant Xelox ; Folfiri/Avastin 03/19 - 01/20
adjuvant chemorad (Xeloda) 06/22; SBRT 11/22; Xeloda/Avastin since 01/24
Re: Quick update - it's been 7 years today...
Claudine,
Your husband has been through so much. All of us here on colon club are thinking of him and you, too. Keep fighting!
Best wishes♥
Paige
Your husband has been through so much. All of us here on colon club are thinking of him and you, too. Keep fighting!
Best wishes♥
Paige
02/20 Rectal Cancer dx - 4 cm mass; located 9 cm from AV
CEA 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; 1.2; 1.2
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)
CEA 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; 1.2; 1.2
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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Re: Quick update - it's been 7 years today...
Gotta give him a big shout out for the hard fight and still going. Also, you to!
Live it up on vacation...I admire yall in many ways.
Live it up on vacation...I admire yall in many ways.
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
Nodule RML SUV 1.3 5mm
Rolles 3 of 4 lung nodules cancer
KRAS
Chem-sens test failed Not enough ca cells to test
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
Nodule RML SUV 1.3 5mm
Rolles 3 of 4 lung nodules cancer
KRAS
Chem-sens test failed Not enough ca cells to test
Re: Quick update - it's been 7 years today...
Thanks ladies! They say that aging isn't for the faint of heart, but cancer is really up there, too. Keep on fighting! I don't post very often nowadays but I peep in once in a while and it makes me happy to see familiar names, still with us, still forging ahead 
Wife of Dx 04/18 (51 yo). MSS, KRAS G12A, no primary
Tumors: L4 04/18; left adrenal gland & small lung nodules 03/19
rectum 02/22 (pT3 pN0 stage 2A); L3 09/22
Surgeries: intestinal resect. 05/18 (no cancer - Crohn's); adrenalectomy 02/20
L3-L4-L5 fusion and corpectomy 05/20; LAR 04/22; ileo reversal 09/22
L2-L3 fusion and corpectomy 09/22
Treatments: EBRT 04/18; SBRT 02/19; Failed adjuvant Xelox ; Folfiri/Avastin 03/19 - 01/20
adjuvant chemorad (Xeloda) 06/22; SBRT 11/22; Xeloda/Avastin since 01/24
Tumors: L4 04/18; left adrenal gland & small lung nodules 03/19
rectum 02/22 (pT3 pN0 stage 2A); L3 09/22
Surgeries: intestinal resect. 05/18 (no cancer - Crohn's); adrenalectomy 02/20
L3-L4-L5 fusion and corpectomy 05/20; LAR 04/22; ileo reversal 09/22
L2-L3 fusion and corpectomy 09/22
Treatments: EBRT 04/18; SBRT 02/19; Failed adjuvant Xelox ; Folfiri/Avastin 03/19 - 01/20
adjuvant chemorad (Xeloda) 06/22; SBRT 11/22; Xeloda/Avastin since 01/24
Re: Quick update - it's been 7 years today...
Congrats to you and your husband for keeping on fighting.
It is eight years for me now and the treatment regimen that I am on is fairly similar to your husband's.
Let us hope that some new treatment option will come up and we can enjoy some more beautiful time in this planet
It is eight years for me now and the treatment regimen that I am on is fairly similar to your husband's.
Let us hope that some new treatment option will come up and we can enjoy some more beautiful time in this planet
3/17: Dx T3N0M0-mid rectal 4.5cm
4/18 to 5/17: chemoradiation- Xeloda and daily radiation (25 doses)
6/17: clean biopsy, clean scans
8/17: MRI - no evidence of tumor, no surgery, starts wait and watch
8/17 to 12/17: Folfox
8/19 VATS - 1cm lung nodule
7/21- Clean CT, CEA 15.6 !
8/21- PET , biopsy finds met in abdomen
10/21- Surgery , 12 rounds of FOLFIRI -ended 4/22
4/22 to 1/23- Clean scan, normal CEA
10/23- four sub-centimeter lung nodules, on Xeloda
9/24: CEA 5.6, largest nodule 7x7mm, Avastin + Xeloda
4/18 to 5/17: chemoradiation- Xeloda and daily radiation (25 doses)
6/17: clean biopsy, clean scans
8/17: MRI - no evidence of tumor, no surgery, starts wait and watch
8/17 to 12/17: Folfox
8/19 VATS - 1cm lung nodule
7/21- Clean CT, CEA 15.6 !
8/21- PET , biopsy finds met in abdomen
10/21- Surgery , 12 rounds of FOLFIRI -ended 4/22
4/22 to 1/23- Clean scan, normal CEA
10/23- four sub-centimeter lung nodules, on Xeloda
9/24: CEA 5.6, largest nodule 7x7mm, Avastin + Xeloda
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