CA 125 down

kikz
kikz Member Posts: 1,345 Member
in Ovarian Cancer #1
After a month on Tamoxifen my CA 125 has gone down from 115 to 67. I am so happy. I didn't expect good news so fast. My onc said it would take a while. I had an email from Kaiser and when I tried to check it last night I couldn't get to the site. I thought it was a reminder of my appointment on Thursday. I just checked and saw it was a lab result. I normally get the CA 125 results in the mail ten days after the blood draw; I can call the office but that makes me nervous. When I saw it was an email from my onc subject: lab test, I gulped. I really expected it to be higher than last time. I guess she knew I would want this good news fast.

This is a great way to start the weekend. I have company coming and need to do some things and bake a cake. Wow, I haven't had good news in a while. I am kind of stunned. I guess I was really steeling myself for more bad news.

Thank you for always being here in bad times and good.


Karen

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  • poopergirl14052
    poopergirl14052 Member Posts: 1,183 Member
    #2
    Yay...awesome
    Congrats and keep up the goof fight!! You will be NED before you know it...Val
  • lovesanimals
    lovesanimals Member Posts: 1,366 Member
    #3
    poopergirl14052 said:

    Yay...awesome
    Congrats and keep up the goof fight!! You will be NED before you know it...Val

    That's terrific news, Karen!
    I'm so happy for you! May your CA 125 continue to come down!

    Kelly
  • 2timothy1 7
    2timothy1 7 Member Posts: 345
    #4
    Good for you!! What a
    Good for you!! What a relief. Does tamoxifen have bad side effects?
  • kikz
    kikz Member Posts: 1,345 Member
    #5
    2timothy1 7 said:

    Good for you!! What a
    Good for you!! What a relief. Does tamoxifen have bad side effects?

    I have experienced
    hot flashes, fatigue, lightheadedness, anxiety, rapid heartbeat and some difficulty staying asleep at night. Some mornings I feel groggy when I wake up. The most common so far is the fatigue and hot flashes.

    If that's as bad as it gets, it really isn't bad at all.


    Karen
  • garden gal
    garden gal Member Posts: 212 Member
    #6
    kikz said:

    I have experienced
    hot flashes, fatigue, lightheadedness, anxiety, rapid heartbeat and some difficulty staying asleep at night. Some mornings I feel groggy when I wake up. The most common so far is the fatigue and hot flashes.

    If that's as bad as it gets, it really isn't bad at all.


    Karen

    you go girl
    congradulations, I'm sooooooo happy for you, you deserve this. Kathy
  • Glad to be done
    Glad to be done Member Posts: 569
    #7
    garden gal said:

    you go girl
    congradulations, I'm sooooooo happy for you, you deserve this. Kathy

    Awsome news........Let's
    Awsome news........Let's keep it going down
  • JoWin615
    JoWin615 Member Posts: 150 Member
    #8
    Woohoo!
    Here's to a continued downward trend in those pesky numbers!

    Cheers,
    Jo
  • forme
    forme Member Posts: 1,161 Member
    #9
    Wonderful news
    Hi Karen

    I am so happy for you.
    I really do understand about expecting to get bad news and getting yourself ready to hear it.
    It is great to be stunned by good news.
    Wishing you all positive and continued good news!
    Enjoy enjoy enjoy...

    Lisha
  • Mwee
    Mwee Member Posts: 1,338
    #10
    I agree, awesome news!
    What makes it even better is that it's such a big drop as you are getting closer to those magic NED numbers. ((((HUGS)))) Maria
  • kayandok
    kayandok Member Posts: 1,202 Member
    #11
    Wonderful!
    So glad it is working, makes the side effects tolerable.
    kathleen
  • ppathy
    ppathy Member Posts: 8
    #12
    Fantastic news
    Hi Karen
    This is really a good news. I am sure it will come down further.

    Lots of love
    Prady
  • lulu1010
    lulu1010 Member Posts: 367
    #13
    ppathy said:

    Fantastic news
    Hi Karen
    This is really a good news. I am sure it will come down further.

    Lots of love
    Prady

    Yay
    So happy for you! That is great!
  • kimberly sue 63
    kimberly sue 63 Member Posts: 421 Member
    #14
    great news!!!

    great news!!!

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