colon doctor

tina dasilva
tina dasilva Member Posts: 641
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Well the colon doctor called to tell us more chemo. Before she goes in to remove the tumor.Feeling a little down about that i was hoping with the CEA count being at 4.2 that Jorge would be good to go .hugs to all Tina

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  • Crow71
    Crow71 Member Posts: 679 Member
    What kind of chemo and why.
    What kind of chemo and why. Does she want to shrink the tumor more? Don't get down. You will get there.
    Roger
  • tina dasilva
    tina dasilva Member Posts: 641
    Crow71 said:

    What kind of chemo and why.
    What kind of chemo and why. Does she want to shrink the tumor more? Don't get down. You will get there.
    Roger

    Roger
    Roger Jorge is on Folfiri-bava and 5fu for 46 hours
  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    Sorry for your disappointment
    I am sorry you are disappointed about this, Tina. Hopefully the doctor has a great plan in place + Jorge will benefit from this delay. Take good care.
  • tina dasilva
    tina dasilva Member Posts: 641
    AnneCan said:

    Sorry for your disappointment
    I am sorry you are disappointed about this, Tina. Hopefully the doctor has a great plan in place + Jorge will benefit from this delay. Take good care.

    Thanks
    Thank you Anne i'm sure your right about that. hugs
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member

    Thanks
    Thank you Anne i'm sure your right about that. hugs

    Tina how many rondos he already had?
    and how was the result for last Scan?.Hope the best to you both!
  • tina dasilva
    tina dasilva Member Posts: 641
    pepebcn said:

    Tina how many rondos he already had?
    and how was the result for last Scan?.Hope the best to you both!

    pepe
    pepe scan was good tumor in the liver was at 3.2 cm in colon 3.3cm and the largest lymph noted was at 10mm .
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member

    pepe
    pepe scan was good tumor in the liver was at 3.2 cm in colon 3.3cm and the largest lymph noted was at 10mm .

    I'm sorry I mean how many rounds not Rondos!
    Hugs Tina!
  • tina dasilva
    tina dasilva Member Posts: 641
    pepebcn said:

    I'm sorry I mean how many rounds not Rondos!
    Hugs Tina!

    rounds
    jorge has had 9 rounds of chemo
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    Treatment
    It could be they the doctor wants to shrink it a little further before surgery. The smaller it is the better. Hoping you get more information from the oncologist.

    Kim
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member

    rounds
    jorge has had 9 rounds of chemo

    I'm sure doc wants to shrink it as much ad possible before
    surgery, easier for surgeon and for Jorge post op!
    Hugs to both!
  • tina dasilva
    tina dasilva Member Posts: 641

    Treatment
    It could be they the doctor wants to shrink it a little further before surgery. The smaller it is the better. Hoping you get more information from the oncologist.

    Kim

    me too
    Thanks Kim hugs Tina
  • Lori-S
    Lori-S Member Posts: 1,277 Member

    me too
    Thanks Kim hugs Tina

    HUGS Tina
    I'm sorry you're disappointed with this news. Like Pepe, I'm sure they want the tumor to shrink as much as possible to make sure that they get good margins and the best outcome when they do the surgery. Hang in there and prayers for you and Jorge
  • karguy
    karguy Member Posts: 1,020 Member
    The doctor
    The doctor probably wants to shrink the tumor as much as possible before surgery.It increases the chances of geting it all.At least the doctor should tell you what's going on.The CEA count is pretty good,congratulations.Good luck with the chemo.
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    Hi
    Hang in there, Tina. Jorge will have his surgery soon enough! It looks like things are doing pretty well at this point.

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • okthen
    okthen Member Posts: 232
    Hi Tina, one of the hardest
    Hi Tina, one of the hardest parts of all of this is the WAIT. I get it! I am sorry it is dissapointing, I hope you're able to feel better soon. These ups and downs are horrible!
    Did you say how many more treatments? ...*going back to look*.....
  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    Tina
    It's okay, really it is. The smaller the better, the idea that they entertain surgery is the biggest most wonderful thing possible, so that they want to wait to shrink those little b@st@rd tumors the better.
    Keep your head up, keep going on the positive (I know you can)and look forward to the surgery date that WILL happen when it's time. Don't feel bad hun, he'll get his surgery when the time is good.
    Cyber hug or two and a prayer on top of it.
    Winter Marie
  • tina dasilva
    tina dasilva Member Posts: 641

    Tina
    It's okay, really it is. The smaller the better, the idea that they entertain surgery is the biggest most wonderful thing possible, so that they want to wait to shrink those little b@st@rd tumors the better.
    Keep your head up, keep going on the positive (I know you can)and look forward to the surgery date that WILL happen when it's time. Don't feel bad hun, he'll get his surgery when the time is good.
    Cyber hug or two and a prayer on top of it.
    Winter Marie

    Thank you to all of you guys
    Thank you guys so very much .i know what all of yous are saying and i also know you guys are right.its so hard .