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CEA count

herdizziness
herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Just thought I'd mention because I'm so happy, my CEA count is now 5.8, in March of this year it was 2154. Buying the OOU nurses a cake tomorrow and having 5.8 put on top. LOL.
Also only doing Xeloda, no Oxi for me tomorrow, yea!!!
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  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties CSN Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #2
    Wonderful News!
    Wow! those numbers are fantastic!


    Congrats and keep up the good work.

    Marie who loves kitties
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  • lisa42
    lisa42 CSN Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #3
    amazing
    Wow, those numbers are absolutely amazing!!!
    Wonderful- enjoy- the cancer is obviously being beat down in a major way!!

    Hugs,
    Lisa
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  • maglets
    maglets CSN Member Posts: 2,576 Member
    #4
    lisa42 said:

    amazing
    Wow, those numbers are absolutely amazing!!!
    Wonderful- enjoy- the cancer is obviously being beat down in a major way!!

    Hugs,
    Lisa

    beauty
    those are beautiful numbers for sure Dizz....well done....keep it up

    ahhhh no oxy? haha I really bet you'll miss that....

    big hugs

    maggie
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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn CSN Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #5
    maglets said:

    beauty
    those are beautiful numbers for sure Dizz....well done....keep it up

    ahhhh no oxy? haha I really bet you'll miss that....

    big hugs

    maggie

    Goooooooood!
    any news about surgery?
    Hugs!
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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan CSN Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #6
    Winter Marie
    WOW! That is utterly amazing; what a response you have had. I am really happy for you!
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  • taraHK
    taraHK CSN Member Posts: 1,952 Member
    #7
    WOW!
    Wow -- that is WONDERFUL! Congratulations yee ha. Love the cake idea!

    Tara
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  • Lori-S
    Lori-S CSN Member Posts: 1,277 Member
    #8
    Great!
    What a wonderful drop in those numbers.
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  • herdizziness
    herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #9
    pepebcn said:

    Goooooooood!
    any news about surgery?
    Hugs!

    Stanford
    Going to Stanford to see a Dr. Pamela Kunz on the 18th, we'll see what she says!!!
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  • herdizziness
    herdizziness CSN Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #10
    maglets said:

    beauty
    those are beautiful numbers for sure Dizz....well done....keep it up

    ahhhh no oxy? haha I really bet you'll miss that....

    big hugs

    maggie

    Floating
    I was practically floating on cloud nine when I left the onc's office, so happy about NO OXY!!!! went home and had a wonderful drink of ICE water. LOL.
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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    #11
    Lori-S said:

    Great!
    What a wonderful drop in those numbers.

    This comment has been removed by the Moderator
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  • msccolon
    msccolon CSN Member Posts: 1,917 Member
    #12
    awesome news!
    Time for the naked happy dance!
    mary
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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 CSN Member Posts: 6,754 Member
    #13
    Awesome
    That is awesome news. Go out an celebrate. Getting no oxy is another reason for celebration.

    Kim
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  • tina dasilva
    tina dasilva CSN Member Posts: 641
    #14
    HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY FOR YOU
    omg i'm so happy for you winter marie that is great new .
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  • tina dasilva
    tina dasilva CSN Member Posts: 641
    #15
    HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY FOR YOU
    omg i'm so happy for you winter marie that is great new .If i may ask what is oxy is that a chemo of something .
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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan CSN Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #16
    tina dasilva said:

    HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY FOR YOU
    omg i'm so happy for you winter marie that is great new .If i may ask what is oxy is that a chemo of something .

    Yes
    Oxy - oxyplatanin(sp?) is a chemo drug commonly used to treat colorectal cancer. It is often used with 2 other drugs, 5 FU + Leucovorin (sp?). Together the three drugs are called Folfox.
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  • tina dasilva
    tina dasilva CSN Member Posts: 641
    #17
    AnneCan said:

    Yes
    Oxy - oxyplatanin(sp?) is a chemo drug commonly used to treat colorectal cancer. It is often used with 2 other drugs, 5 FU + Leucovorin (sp?). Together the three drugs are called Folfox.

    thank you
    Thank you Anne i will be asking the doc tomorrow if Jorge is getting that as well in his chemo.Iso hope he is .His markers are up by 10 but the tumors are smaller .
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  • karguy
    karguy CSN Member Posts: 1,020 Member
    #18
    Congratulations
    Congratulations,it's about time you got good news.Now you need to celebrate.
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  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh CSN Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    #19
    WM
    :)

    Enjoy!

    -c
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  • HollyID
    HollyID CSN Member Posts: 946 Member
    #20
    Wow....
    What a drop!! Excellent news! I hope it continues to drop!!
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  • Luv2lunch
    Luv2lunch CSN Member Posts: 270
    #21
    Great news for you Winter
    Great news for you Winter Marie, congratulations :)
    Linda and Ellie
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