What stage are you and when were you dx?
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Stage III C 5LN involved ,Jaylo969 said:Stage
Stage II a/b ( whatever that(a/b) is). Dx 10/19/09; surgery 10/20/09...ascending colon completely removed & resection.
6 month colonoscopy 4/22/10. 3 polyps..2 in descending, 1 in rectum & inflammation at original cancer site. All benign /negative.
Chemo 12/8/09---Folfox 5 tx; discontinued 2/16/10. Xeloda currently. Starting 10th tx chemo Wednesday.
-Pat
Stage III C 5LN involved , DX 4-3-09 , Clear scan Nov. '09 , Next scan 6-03-100 -
Stage IVJaylo969 said:Stage
Stage II a/b ( whatever that(a/b) is). Dx 10/19/09; surgery 10/20/09...ascending colon completely removed & resection.
6 month colonoscopy 4/22/10. 3 polyps..2 in descending, 1 in rectum & inflammation at original cancer site. All benign /negative.
Chemo 12/8/09---Folfox 5 tx; discontinued 2/16/10. Xeloda currently. Starting 10th tx chemo Wednesday.
-Pat
Diagnosed Stage IV October 2007 with left ovarian metastasis. 5/38 nodes positive. 6 months folfox/ avastin.
Second surgery for right ovarian metastasis 11/2008. No post surgical chemo. NED since.
Smiles,
Dawn0 -
:-)
I was Stage IIIb in Jan. 09 and age 58. Very happy to be turning 60 this year. :-P
Did you know staging has recently changed? Now the staging depends on how deep the tumor grew into the colon wall or had it broken through the wall. Many Stage IIIc's are now Stage IIIb and some Stage IIIb's are now C's.
ACS explanation of new staging0 -
May 12, 2009:Stage 3cdianetavegia said::-)
I was Stage IIIb in Jan. 09 and age 58. Very happy to be turning 60 this year. :-P
Did you know staging has recently changed? Now the staging depends on how deep the tumor grew into the colon wall or had it broken through the wall. Many Stage IIIc's are now Stage IIIb and some Stage IIIb's are now C's.
ACS explanation of new staging
chemo/rad/colostomy/postop chemo......awaiting removal of defective port next Monday; awaiting CT scan date; bag is forever.......Hope all are well,,,,,,,(Hey Diane, I'm 3 months older than you.)numerous side effects remain.......steve0 -
March 5, 2002: Stage3CcoloCan said:May 12, 2009:Stage 3c
chemo/rad/colostomy/postop chemo......awaiting removal of defective port next Monday; awaiting CT scan date; bag is forever.......Hope all are well,,,,,,,(Hey Diane, I'm 3 months older than you.)numerous side effects remain.......steve
8 years & 2 months
Stage 3C rectal cancer
Surgery March 20,2002
10 positive lymph nodes
No recurrences..............0 -
Stage IVvelo8162 said:August 22, 2007
August 22, 2007, Stage IIIB, resection, 3 out of 10 lymph nodes.
DX July 23rd, 2009 with one met to the liver. Colon resection in August of 2009, finished 11 round of chemo on Feb 8th, 2010 and had liver resection in March, 2010.0 -
My husband was DX Oct. 2009.
My husband was DX Oct. 2009. Stage 4 mets to liver, lungs and right adrenal gland. He has been on FOLFOX had to stop the oxy on treatment #9. Is now on Xeldoda + avastin. will start his 24th round on Friday. Most days he feels pretty good. Paula0 -
stage IV- dx August 2007
I was diagnosed with stage IV rectal cancer w/ numerous liver and lung mets 8/4/07, just shortly after my 41st B-day- who knows how long it was in me before then!
My only surgery so far has been a liver resection in 5/08 & I've had radiation and LOTS of chemo.
Lisa0 -
triplets!robinvan said:Same cancer age!
Mary,
We were both diagnosed in August 2004! Our 6 year anniversaries are coming up! My recurrences were discovered in October 2006 (small lever met) and Sept 2009 (local recurrence with spread to sacrum).
Be well... Rob; in Vancouver
I would say twins, but I am already half of a set!
mary0 -
Stage I, rectal cancer - September 2009
Stage I, T2 very low rectal tumor (into but not through the rectal muscle wall). Nothing that shows lymph node involvement on MRI/PET scans, but the only way to really know is through biopsy. Since I had a transanal excision of the tumor, followed by radiation and chemo (to make the radiation work better), the lymph nodes were not biopsied.
Low rectal tumors have a higher incidence of recurrence. There's also increased rate of recurrence when there are positive margins (as was my case for the first surgery)
Can you detect the anxiety? Well, that's my nature to begin with I suppose. But, really, I try not to think of it that much.
Aud0 -
What Stage?
Diagnosed 5/05 - Stage IV - liver met - Xeloda/oxaliplatin/Avastin for 6 cycles (NED after 3). Recurrence in lung 11/08 - VATS 4/09, NED since then, on Avastin only now. Doing well!
Betsy0 -
III B
diagnosed December 20090
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