Hoping for good news

Fighting For My Kids
Fighting For My Kids Member Posts: 6
in Colorectal Cancer #1
Good morning everyone I hope you all had a great weekend. I'm headed off to the oncologist this afternoon to talk about my CEA results from last week as he was on vacation last week. This was my first test since being declared NED six weeks ago so needless to say I'm very nervous.

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  • Lori-S
    Lori-S Member Posts: 1,277 Member
    #2
    Good luck!
    Wishing you a great visit with the onc and hoping for the very best on your CEA.
  • Buckwirth
    Buckwirth Member Posts: 1,258 Member
    #3
    Best of luck
    Just remember that lots of things can affect the CEA number.
  • Buckwirth
    Buckwirth Member Posts: 1,258 Member
    #4
    Lori-S said:

    Good luck!
    Wishing you a great visit with the onc and hoping for the very best on your CEA.

    Bobby
    Lori,

    Have you heard anything from him lately? He should be out of treatment and getting on with his life now.
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #5
    Buckwirth said:

    Best of luck
    Just remember that lots of things can affect the CEA number.

    Good luck!
    And I agree with buck , don't worry too much about fluctuations!
    Hugs!
  • Fighting For My Kids
    Fighting For My Kids Member Posts: 6
    #6
    pepebcn said:

    Good luck!
    And I agree with buck , don't worry too much about fluctuations!
    Hugs!

    Not Great News
    So I went to the oncologist today and he confirmed that the cea jumped from 2.6 to 6.5 and does not think the strep throat caused the jump nor the fact that I had the blood tested at a different lab. With that said we did retest the blood and will get the results on Wed but heck I am still fighting strep so if it is causing an issue then it still may. He also is setting up a Petscan to be sure of what is going on. Although it is not a really high number he is more concerned with the fact that they keep going up very slowly over the last three months. I am not going to let this cancer get me down if it comes back then so be it I beat it back once and can do it again. But I do pray that the cea will show better results on Wed.
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #7
    Fighting For My Kids said:

    Not Great News
    So I went to the oncologist today and he confirmed that the cea jumped from 2.6 to 6.5 and does not think the strep throat caused the jump nor the fact that I had the blood tested at a different lab. With that said we did retest the blood and will get the results on Wed but heck I am still fighting strep so if it is causing an issue then it still may. He also is setting up a Petscan to be sure of what is going on. Although it is not a really high number he is more concerned with the fact that they keep going up very slowly over the last three months. I am not going to let this cancer get me down if it comes back then so be it I beat it back once and can do it again. But I do pray that the cea will show better results on Wed.

    Bring on some good results!
    I'm praying you will get wonderful results from this next bit of testing. Hoping the rise is a fluke.

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #8
    Fighting For My Kids said:

    Not Great News
    So I went to the oncologist today and he confirmed that the cea jumped from 2.6 to 6.5 and does not think the strep throat caused the jump nor the fact that I had the blood tested at a different lab. With that said we did retest the blood and will get the results on Wed but heck I am still fighting strep so if it is causing an issue then it still may. He also is setting up a Petscan to be sure of what is going on. Although it is not a really high number he is more concerned with the fact that they keep going up very slowly over the last three months. I am not going to let this cancer get me down if it comes back then so be it I beat it back once and can do it again. But I do pray that the cea will show better results on Wed.

    That's the spirit!
    You have the right 'tude! I hope Wednesday's test brings good results.
  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #9
    Fighting For My Kids said:

    Not Great News
    So I went to the oncologist today and he confirmed that the cea jumped from 2.6 to 6.5 and does not think the strep throat caused the jump nor the fact that I had the blood tested at a different lab. With that said we did retest the blood and will get the results on Wed but heck I am still fighting strep so if it is causing an issue then it still may. He also is setting up a Petscan to be sure of what is going on. Although it is not a really high number he is more concerned with the fact that they keep going up very slowly over the last three months. I am not going to let this cancer get me down if it comes back then so be it I beat it back once and can do it again. But I do pray that the cea will show better results on Wed.

    Bobby
    If he said you were NED for six weeks and now CEA has been rising for 3 months, does that mean your oncologist was wrong? I'm trying to understand NED for six weeks, CEA climbing for 3 months.
    Winter Marie

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