NED AGAIN

Well after 12 rounds of Folfox ending last week Wednesday for stage 3C colon cancer again, ending with a bloated abdomen and waiting, waiting, waiting for the results of the CT scan. My ONC walked in with a smile and said you beat cancer again. He said that most people don't finish Folfox at my levels of dose and he was both pleased and amazed. In eight weeks when I get back from Florida another CEA test (last one less than 1) and if good then out comes the port. The downside is my thyroid. Tests showed that the chemo was likely affecting it and until it improves (starts doing its job) I needed to take thyroid medication. Both my ONC and family doctor believe my abdominal swelling is because of the thyroid. It will take about two weeks of the medication to bring my thyroid numbers to where they should be. I'm still sick from the last of my Folfox last week but I don't care!!!!!! As for my cancer friends here you know I wish I was sharing this news with you all and that we are all NED. Your support and information will always be with me. Cancer needs to become so distant a memory that the word is removed from the dictionary for lack of use or recall of what it was. I will be gone about five weeks and my wife won't let me take my lap top of use my Ipad on our trip so I will not be reading or posting for five weeks. I will be back on this site after that! Hugs Lou
ps my real first name is Lon not Lou. My nearly two year old grand daughter couldn't say Lon but does well with Lou. Take Care!