Had colonoscopy yesterday, still finding the news hard to believe

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  • beaumontdave
    beaumontdave Member Posts: 1,280 Member
    #22
    Great news! Congrats!

    Great news! Congrats!

  • YoVita
    YoVita Member Posts: 590 Member
    #23
    Such wonderful news Winter Marie!

    Great news about the tumor.  

  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #24
    WooHoo

    That is awesome news.  I'm glad your doctor is so excellent, but think he needs to go back to school for penmenship Wink.   But who cares after that great report.  Hope you are feeling better.

    Kim

  • Tina_H
    Tina_H Member Posts: 2 Member
    #25
    AWESOME!!

    That is awesome news. I am very happy for you. I just had a PET Scan yesterday and hoping for the same results. still need to do my 6 month Colonoscpy also. going on my 8th round of chemo this next week. I really want to be done with it!! actually considering if the Scan and CEA level is down (normal) and all looks clear, I may not continue with the last few arent all that necessary Sealed am I being foolish? Why keep poisoning myself with Chemo and feeling sick if I'm good? I feel fine when not on Chemo I still work the weeks that Im not doing it.

  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #26
    Tina_H said:

    AWESOME!!

    That is awesome news. I am very happy for you. I just had a PET Scan yesterday and hoping for the same results. still need to do my 6 month Colonoscpy also. going on my 8th round of chemo this next week. I really want to be done with it!! actually considering if the Scan and CEA level is down (normal) and all looks clear, I may not continue with the last few arent all that necessary Sealed am I being foolish? Why keep poisoning myself with Chemo and feeling sick if I'm good? I feel fine when not on Chemo I still work the weeks that Im not doing it.

    Are you taking chances

    That's the darn unknown, and only you can make that decision.  I have had a few breaks without chemo, but basically have been on chemo for the past five years.  I go every week right now and am admittedly so tired of the side affects (diarhea has been particularly bad these sessions) I can't stop right now because I still at last ct scan had 7 tumors in my liver and a couple or so suspected ones in lungs, but trust me I do so think about how sick and tired I am over the side affects, can't really say that enough, I say it at least once a day at home, yet I know it's keeping me alive, so I go, my quality of life is still good in that I enjoy the heck out of living and being around hubby, children and grandchildren and of course all my animals.

    I suggest a serious talk with your oncologist about how you feel and if he really feels you should continue it to be on the safe side, I think it would be good to follow his advice, rather then risk missing something there. Just my thoughts on what I would do.

    I don't think of it as poisoning myself with chemo, but try to think of it as life saving fluids that are keeping me here on this earth and still smiling, it makes it easier to do the chemo, by thinking of it in a positive way, which isn't always easy to do.

    hope you feel better soon and become NED!

    Winter Marie

  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #27
    Yes, indeed celebrating

    I looked where I had written (back first of the month in Feb 2015) that oncologist wanted the colonoscopy to see if it could be cut out, it only took four months for the closest appt.  (June)which I think must be good news that all these people are getting colonoscopies to make sure they don't have cancer ;).

    I picked up my last CEA count yesterday which was 72.8, one before was 78.something, before that 90 and started out at 224.  I'm hoping the tumors in liver have shrunk as well, won't know until CT Scan, but want to see if CEA will drop a lot more first. The last drop in CEA wasn't very much, darn it.

    BUT still CELEBRATING the colon tumor being gone, that sucker had me in the hospital for at least a week every month last year from the pain. Then when I started on Erbitux and Irenotican, the pain went away, nice how those two chemos worked their magic on it :)!!!!

    Thank you all again, for your shared happiness and well wishes and celebrating with me, it's just wonderful.

    luv and hugs,

    Winter Marie

  • TheLadySkye
    TheLadySkye Member Posts: 203 Member
    #28
    That is wonderful news! 

    That is wonderful news!  Liver and Lungs, she's coming for YOU next!

    *happy dances*

  • UncleBuddy
    UncleBuddy Member Posts: 1,019 Member
    #29
    herdizziness said:

    Yes, indeed celebrating

    I looked where I had written (back first of the month in Feb 2015) that oncologist wanted the colonoscopy to see if it could be cut out, it only took four months for the closest appt.  (June)which I think must be good news that all these people are getting colonoscopies to make sure they don't have cancer ;).

    I picked up my last CEA count yesterday which was 72.8, one before was 78.something, before that 90 and started out at 224.  I'm hoping the tumors in liver have shrunk as well, won't know until CT Scan, but want to see if CEA will drop a lot more first. The last drop in CEA wasn't very much, darn it.

    BUT still CELEBRATING the colon tumor being gone, that sucker had me in the hospital for at least a week every month last year from the pain. Then when I started on Erbitux and Irenotican, the pain went away, nice how those two chemos worked their magic on it :)!!!!

    Thank you all again, for your shared happiness and well wishes and celebrating with me, it's just wonderful.

    luv and hugs,

    Winter Marie

    So glad to hear the good news!

    Any piece of good news is always welcome, isn't it? How are you doing with the erbitux? My brother had gotten the rash but was able to get it under control with creme and antibiotics. When they discovered that his heart wasn't functioning well, they took him off of all chemo meds but the Irinotecan. We're going today for a CT scan.

    I hope your liver and lung tumors shrink and eventually disappear.

    Keeping my fingers crossed.

    Lin

  • traci43
    traci43 Member Posts: 773 Member
    #30
    gone for a week and see what happens!

    Winter Marie - So very happy to hear your good news as well!  I hope any pray that the CT Scan is as miraculous.  Very happy for you.  Traci

  • Maxiecat
    Maxiecat Member Posts: 544 Member
    #31
    Congratulations!  You deserve

    Congratulations!  You deserve some good news!

  • danker
    danker Member Posts: 1,276 Member
    #32
    herdizziness said:

    Yes, indeed celebrating

    I looked where I had written (back first of the month in Feb 2015) that oncologist wanted the colonoscopy to see if it could be cut out, it only took four months for the closest appt.  (June)which I think must be good news that all these people are getting colonoscopies to make sure they don't have cancer ;).

    I picked up my last CEA count yesterday which was 72.8, one before was 78.something, before that 90 and started out at 224.  I'm hoping the tumors in liver have shrunk as well, won't know until CT Scan, but want to see if CEA will drop a lot more first. The last drop in CEA wasn't very much, darn it.

    BUT still CELEBRATING the colon tumor being gone, that sucker had me in the hospital for at least a week every month last year from the pain. Then when I started on Erbitux and Irenotican, the pain went away, nice how those two chemos worked their magic on it :)!!!!

    Thank you all again, for your shared happiness and well wishes and celebrating with me, it's just wonderful.

    luv and hugs,

    Winter Marie

    good news

    Good news is always welcome here! Very happy for you.

  • Kathleen808
    Kathleen808 Member Posts: 2,342 Member
    #33
    Excellent!

    Excellent Winter Marie!   So happy it is gone and the pain is gone too!

    Kathleen

  • Brenda Bricco
    Brenda Bricco Member Posts: 579 Member
    #34
    That's awesome...Congrats!
     

    That's awesome...Congrats!

     

  • GSP2
    GSP2 Member Posts: 103 Member
    #35
    be cautious

     

     

    Steve.

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