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NED TODAY

jerseysue
jerseysue CSN Member Posts: 624 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hi everyone I just came back from the doctor and my blood work looked good. No Evidence of Disease. I was surprised when my doc said to come back every 4 weeks. Do any other stage 4 semi-colons have to see the doc that often? I don't mind but I was just wondering.
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  • JADot
    JADot CSN Member Posts: 709 Member
    #2
    Yeah!!! This is great news. Wow, NED for you and Tara today. Yippieee!
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  • fedester
    fedester CSN Member Posts: 753 Member
    #3
    hey sue,
    great news keep up the good work. i am a stage 2 semi and i go about every 4 months now.
    all the best the jersey boy
    bruce
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  • rthornton
    rthornton CSN Member Posts: 346 Member
    #4
    Congratulations jerseysue! NED is really a great thing to hear. Even after NED I see my doctor every two weeks, and I am still receiving chemotherapy drugs (Erbitux and Avastin). They will want to watch you pretty closely in case anything comes back.

    Best wishes,
    Rodney
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  • lfondots63
    lfondots63 CSN Member Posts: 818 Member
    #5
    Hi Sue,

    Congratulations! NED is great news!

    Lisa
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  • HowardJ
    HowardJ CSN Member Posts: 474
    #6
    Congratulations! Great news!

    Howard
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  • CAMaura
    CAMaura CSN Member Posts: 719 Member
    #7
    So very very happy for you. I amstage three and have bloodwork every three months and then scans, etc., every six. I wish I had longer intervals, but still worry in-between......so at least you know what our body is doing. Again, so happy for you and I hope you are feeling well and that good news continues - Maura
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  • goldfinch
    goldfinch CSN Member Posts: 733
    #8
    Yippee! Congrats!
    4 weeks seems pretty often to me, but perhaps he's just being overly cautious initially and i don't see anything wrong with that. I would guess that he will decrease the frequency as time moves forward.
    Mary
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  • Doreen65
    Doreen65 CSN Member Posts: 52
    #9
    Hi jerseysue, I am a jersey person myself. I was also stage 4 and have to go every 4 weeks for bloodwork. I panic about it but do it... How long has it been since you've been off chemo? Doreen
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  • wendy_21
    wendy_21 CSN Member Posts: 30
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    Great news!!!!!!
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  • taraHK
    taraHK CSN Member Posts: 1,952 Member
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    Wonderful news about NED! Congratulations. I am now seeing my doc every 2 mos. I think it is every 2 mos for the first 6 mos, then every 3 mos for the next 6 mos. I get blood done each visit (including CEA). I'll have a chest xray in 3 mos and another scan in 6 mos.
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