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odd update on my Aunt
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Aug 31, 2012 - 1:34 pm
Hi everyone, it's been a few months since I've been here. I hope, and pray that everyone is doing fairly well, at least that's my hope. The Dr. switched my aunt to Avastin from Oxiliplatin (sp?) because the Oxiliplatin was giving her numbness and tingling in fingers/feet and he didn't want to make it "worse". Anyway, she was on Avastin for roughly 4 months I think, and her cea count continued to climb (she has also been taking xeloda the entire time--since April of last year 2 weeks taking it, 1 week off at the same time taking first the oxiliplatin and later the switch to Avastin) anyway, her cea continued to climb so he removed her from all medications about 90 days ago, when he saw her a few weeks ago, her cea had gone down...just 1 1/2 points but still it went down even though she was not on any medication...I don't understand that. I went KNOWING that the Dr. would say her cea went through the roof, but I never expected it to be lower. He told her to stay off the medication and he'll see her again on 9/20/12, now again I fear that the cea will be through the roof. I guess I'm mainly writing because I don't understand why the cea would have gone down at all when she was not taking any type of medication at all. Anyway....thanks for listening to me ramble. Stay well. Marianne |
Joined: Feb 2009
That test sometimes just isn't real reliable and a lot of doctors won't use it. Is she scheduled for any scans? That number fluctuating in people are very common as a lot of different factors can affect the rise and fall. I'm sure she will be having that checked again before she goes in to her next appointment. Wishing her the best.
Kim
Joined: May 2012
Kim that is what my oncologist says also. He says that CEA is not a real good marker and that it is subject to all kinds of outside influences. The surgeon who did my l