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Folfox is working!!

vtspa6
vtspa6 CSN Member Posts: 172 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1

Husband's scan results are in and treatments are working!  Nothing shows up in the abdominal region or pelvic area.  Mets are still in the lungs but have shrunk by half!  Largest one 7mm and then 6mm ect. Yea!!Laughing  He just finished his 9th round.

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  • lizard44
    lizard44 CSN Member Posts: 409
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    Great News!

    I know it must be a relief to know  that the Folfox plus Avastin have  done what they were supposed to do and that the neuropathy, mouth sores and the other side effects  he suffered  weren't for nothing.  I hope  all his treatments  do as well and with fewer  side-effects.

     

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  • vtspa6
    vtspa6 CSN Member Posts: 172 Member
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    lizard44 said:

    Great News!

    I know it must be a relief to know  that the Folfox plus Avastin have  done what they were supposed to do and that the neuropathy, mouth sores and the other side effects  he suffered  weren't for nothing.  I hope  all his treatments  do as well and with fewer  side-effects.

     

    Oh my, what a relief!  He has

    Oh my, what a relief!  He has cursed with the side effects but gotta say it sure beats the alternative!

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  • JanJan63
    JanJan63 CSN Member Posts: 2,478 Member
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    Hooray!!!!

    Hooray!!!!

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  • Trubrit
    Trubrit CSN Member Posts: 5,808 Member
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     A snow covered Happy Dance

    image A snow covered Happy Dance because it is snowing here. 

    Such good news.  May his results continue to be good, and his lung mets shrink even more. 

    Give him a hug for me. 

    Sue - Trubrit

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  • beaumontdave
    beaumontdave CSN Member Posts: 1,303 Member
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    Congratulations, go chemo.

    Congratulations, go chemo. Does Avastin continue after the treatment course? Haven't seen or heard about any rough effects from it.................Dave

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  • vtspa6
    vtspa6 CSN Member Posts: 172 Member
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    beaumontdave said:

    Congratulations, go chemo.

    Congratulations, go chemo. Does Avastin continue after the treatment course? Haven't seen or heard about any rough effects from it.................Dave

    Dave, Unfortunately my

    Dave, Unfortunately my husband will have to have chemo the rest of his life.  Onc. said he will stay on folfox/with avastin until it quits working and then go to something else.  Chemo is the only thing that is keeping ahead of the 'game of cancer'.  At least this is the plan right now, in a couple of years he said we could evaluate the chemo.

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