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Verdict is back - no liver mets!

JADot
JADot CSN Member Posts: 709 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
My dear CSN family,

For all of you who have provided me with prayers, healthy vibes, kind thoughts and gentle encouragments, I am so happy to tell you that all of your positive thinking worked its magic again. I just found out that suspecious spot on my liver is not a liver metastases, and in all likelihood just a cycst. Hurrah! All of a sudden the sky is bluer, the birds are singing, I am singing and life just feels grand again!

For those of you wondering what this was all about - I was stage II, ascending colon, dx Christmas 2005 @39, HNPCC suspect, 6 months folfox 2006. In March, on my 2nd 6-month post chemo PET/CT scan they saw a large leison on my liver (1cm around), but they were not sure whether it was a camera artifact or a liver met. Duh! That was about a month and a half ago. So I have been living the dread for a long time while begging my doctors, begging my insurance company, begging the hospital, and finally I got a special biphasic liver scan. But hey, it was all worth it and I feel I can finally exhale and get on with living again!

Thanks for all of you who rooted for me! You are just the best!

Cheers,
Ying
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  • Betsydoglover
    Betsydoglover CSN Member Posts: 1,248 Member
    #2
    Ying -

    I am so happy - that is such great news - what a relief! Go out and enjoy (or perhaps just collapse in relief.)


    Betsy
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  • spongebob
    spongebob CSN Member Posts: 2,565 Member
    #3
    Ying -

    Woo-Hoo! Great news. As you said; you can exhale now...

    - SB
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  • hopefulone
    hopefulone CSN Member Posts: 1,043 Member
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    Terrific news Ying. Am very happy for you. CELEBRATE! God Bless.
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  • shmurciakova
    shmurciakova CSN Member Posts: 906 Member
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    Right on Ying! That is fantastic. I know how horrible the anxiety can be. I have a cyst on my liver too. Fortunately ( I guess ) it has been there all throughout this ordeal so it never gave me a scare, but anyway, get out there and enjoy your summer!!!
    Take care,
    Susan
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  • KathiM
    KathiM CSN Member Posts: 8,028 Member
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    Dearheart,

    YEA YEA YEA YEA YEA YEA YEA!!!

    NAKED HAPPY DANCE!!!! BIGTIME!!!

    Hugs, Kathi
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  • scouty
    scouty CSN Member Posts: 1,965 Member
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    You Go Girl!!!!!!!!!!

    Now you are ready for the Big Sur International Marathon this weekend!!!!! I can't wait to hear what that is like for you.

    See you in Nashville when I can give you a well deserved hug.

    Lisa P.
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  • kerry
    kerry CSN Member Posts: 1,313 Member
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    Ying,

    Tears of joy!! What great news. Can't wait to see you either in Austin or in Nashville in September. Run that marathon with gusto!! Life is good.

    Hugs,

    Kerry
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  • alta29
    alta29 CSN Member Posts: 435 Member
    #10
    wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeee
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  • jsabol
    jsabol CSN Member Posts: 1,145 Member
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    Great news, Ying....who ever thought you'd be so thrilled to have a cyst in your liver? Music to my ears, too. Like Bev says, here's hoping the good luck holds; I have my PT scan tomorrow; results probably on Monday....a really long time to hold my breath, but we have plenty of daffodils to distract me. Any trips planned to Boston soon? Great new hotel, the Intercontinental, on the harbor...I'd recommend it over your last stay! Judy
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  • Monicaemilia
    Monicaemilia CSN Member Posts: 455 Member
    #12
    Hi from Buenos Aires
    Great news Ying!




    Hi Gang - Just a reminder dx Dec. 05, Stage IV, mets to liver and lungs. Doctors told me my chemo options were becoming limited and I decided to take a chance on a doctor here in Bs As. I have family here so the decision was not that hard to make. What we are doing here is called receptive therapy (or in Italian Terapia Recetoriali). It is nuclear medicine and widely used in Europe but not in Canada or the States. The beauty of the treatment is no side effects. The other part is that it works according to everyone´s own genetic makeup. Anyways, I am a couple of weeks away from the first set of scans but I will keep you posted as soon as I hear something. You are all in my thoughts and prayers. Monica
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  • vinny3
    vinny3 CSN Member Posts: 928 Member
    #13
    That's wonderful news, Ying. Celebrate! What a relief!

    ****
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  • catherine58
    catherine58 CSN Member Posts: 92
    #14
    Dear Ying

    I'm SO thrilled for you! Enjoy the spring!

    All my very best, Catherine
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  • nudgie
    nudgie CSN Member Posts: 1,478 Member
    #15
    That is GREAT NEWS!!!! I don't remember seeing a post that you had issues or were going through this. If I missed your post I apologize.

    I would recommend doing something special this weekend with your better half.
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  • betina61
    betina61 CSN Member Posts: 642 Member
    #16
    Hi Ying, how happy I feel for you,I have been thinking a lot about you after your post letting us know about your worries,and was waiting for this wonderful news,congratulations and go and enjoy life.
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  • Limey
    Limey CSN Member Posts: 446 Member
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    Although i hate the wait, the relief if awsome at the end. congratulations Ying. that must have been on heck of a long month. keep building on that good news.
    Limey
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  • jerseysue
    jerseysue CSN Member Posts: 624 Member
    #18
    Way to go love it!
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  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed CSN Member Posts: 2,068 Member
    #19
    WOOHOOO!!!!

    Ying that is AWESOME! Way to go!

    so happy to hear the news.

    peace, emily
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  • HowardJ
    HowardJ CSN Member Posts: 474
    #20
    Great news!! Celebrate!!!

    Howard
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  • lfondots63
    lfondots63 CSN Member Posts: 818 Member
    #21
    I'm sooo glad to hear the good news! Now you can take a BIG breath and enjoy the summer. Good luck in the race! HUGS.

    Lisa F.
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