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Hi,

For some reason I feel a need to post an update here. I must admit that I am not a frequent contributor here. I mostly read and see where everyone else is and offer anything that might be helpful from time to time.

I was told I was NED on April 6th after being dx with Stage IV July of 2009. I had my last chemo treatment on Feb 8th. My 3 month checkup was July and overall the CT scan looked good except an abnormal cyst on my remaining ovary. It was recommended to remove the ovary and cyst as a precaution. All indicators such as CEA levels and CA 125 were normal. My oncology gyn surgeon was fairly confident that it was non-cancerous. I had the surgery Sept 13th and low and behold it was cancerous. My doctors feel like they removed the cancer surgically but of course the cyst burst and I had some leakage into my abdominal area. My oncologist recommended doing a round of chemo to be on the safe side.

I had another CT scan this past Monday and went into today for my first treatment on Camptosar and will start taking 3 pills twice of day of Xelonda for 10 days and then 10 days off. He is recommending 6 treatments. This scan showed my pelvis area looked "dirty" which he said could be cancer trying to take hold or scar tissue from my surgery and now my liver which showed clear now looks like it may have some kind of spot that he is not sure about.

I don't know that I am really posting this looking for anything...I guess it just makes me feel better to write it out.

I do feel blessed in many ways and know I could be in much worse circumstances.

Anyway, thank you for reading and for being on the board.