MOM/FRUSTRATED

HELLO, I AM A NEW MEMBER AND HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO COLON CANCER. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS STRANGE, BUT FORTUNATELY MY MOM GOT SICK AND WE TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE WE FOUND OUT SHE HAD COLON CANCER---THEY REMOVED APPROX. 40% OF THE COLON AND EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT. --NO SIGN OF SPREADING---NO CHEMO (STAGE II).
DID A CEA COUNT 1 MONTH LATER AND IT WAS 3.4. DID ANOTHER CEA IN 3 MONTHS AND IT WAS DOWN TO 2.1 (GREAT). THEN, WE TOOK ANOTHER CEA IN 6 MONTHS AND THE CEA HAS RISEN TO 3.6. NOT SURE WHAT THIS MEANS. WE DID A CT SCAN (SOME AREAS SHOWED UP BUT NOTHING SCREAMING CANCER)--DID A CYSTOSCOPE AND THAT LOOKED GOOD. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO A COLONOSCOPY AND INDOSCOPIC ON THE 20TH OF MARCH. SURE AM NERVOUS FOR HER AS SHE IS A SEVERE DIABETIC AND AM NOT SURE SHE COULD HANDLE CHEMO. SHE IS 75 YEARS OLD. MAYBE I AM JUST WORRYING OVER NOTHING AND THERE WAS JUST A GLICH IN THE CEA TEST. HELP, WHAT DO YOU THINK. MOSTLY, I AM FRUSTRATED OF HURRY UP TO THE DOCTOR AND THEN WAIT AND WAIT AND WAIT.