Eleven down

Kathryn_in_MN
Kathryn_in_MN Member Posts: 1,252 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
JUST ONE MORE TO GO!!!! I'm going to make it! (No oxy for the last one though - I'm going to refuse it.)

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  • ann2008
    ann2008 Member Posts: 118
    #2
    So glad you're almost done.
    So glad you're almost done. I remember feeling really good the day before and dreading it so bad but then so glad toget it over with and hand over that pump for the last time...
    I have read your story before and know you have been through so much. Good luck and God Bless you. Ann
  • ann2008
    ann2008 Member Posts: 118
    #3
    Sorry finger stutter..

    Sorry finger stutter..
  • JR
    JR Member Posts: 139 Member
    #4
    One to go
    The last one will be a piece of cake. Good luck.

    John
  • robinvan
    robinvan Member Posts: 1,012
    #5
    YEAH!
    Kathryn,
    I am so glad this ordeal is finally ending for you! No oxy... good idea!
    Be well... Rob; in Vancouver
  • thready
    thready Member Posts: 474
    #6
    Been wondering where you were
    Way to go Kathryn. Almost done, and no oxy is a good idea. Congratulations!
    Take care,
    Jan
  • geotina
    geotina Member Posts: 2,111 Member
    #7
    Good Job
    See you did it, almost done. Congratulations. You will be back down in Mexico before you know it.

    Do you know what the plan will be going forward?

    Take care - Tina
  • maglets
    maglets Member Posts: 2,576 Member
    #8
    geotina said:

    Good Job
    See you did it, almost done. Congratulations. You will be back down in Mexico before you know it.

    Do you know what the plan will be going forward?

    Take care - Tina

    brava brava K
    good job! well done....no worries about dropping the oxy on the last go round....enough

    you will be moving forward.....

    mags
  • RickMurtagh
    RickMurtagh Member Posts: 587 Member
    #9
    congratulations!
    Oh yeah, life goes on
    Long after the drill of chemo is gone, sayin'
    Oh yeah, life goes on
    Long after the drill of chemo is gone
  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #10
    Get ready to celebrate!
    Kathryn,

    Congratulations, you are about to cross the chemo finising line! Good for you; I know it hasn't been easy or straight-forward for you.
  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #11
    AnneCan said:

    Get ready to celebrate!
    Kathryn,

    Congratulations, you are about to cross the chemo finising line! Good for you; I know it hasn't been easy or straight-forward for you.

    What a relief, aint it Kathryn.?....one more to go....
    Its been a long and winding road but the happy ending is nigh.......steve
  • greybeard64
    greybeard64 Member Posts: 254
    #12
    CONGRATS!!
    Great news, I am happy for you. I hope you have a celebration, when you are up for it.
    way to go!!!
    greybeard
  • Crow71
    Crow71 Member Posts: 679 Member
    #13
    Good work Kathryn. Oxi has
    Good work Kathryn. Oxi has really stuck it to you. Let's hope it's been even more unkind to the cancer. What's the next step? Scans?
    Roger
  • lesvanb
    lesvanb Member Posts: 905
    #14
    woohoo Kathryn!
    what a long road's it's been and way to hang in there. Keeping you close to my heart as you finish up.

    Leslie
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #15
    lesvanb said:

    woohoo Kathryn!
    what a long road's it's been and way to hang in there. Keeping you close to my heart as you finish up.

    Leslie

    That is great, I so remember
    That is great, I so remember the feeling. Hope you get to go to Mexico!!
  • Kathryn_in_MN
    Kathryn_in_MN Member Posts: 1,252 Member
    #16
    thanks everyone
    My last chemo will be April 8-10. I get to be hooked up to my last one for my birthday. Hooray! Weird birthday present.

    I will have a PET/CT 4-6 weeks after the last chemo, and bloodwork. If my scans are clear, the port comes out, and then I can go off Coumadin.

    We checked my CEA last week - hadn't checked it since it came back down to normal. It was 2! So I'm expecting a clear scan.

    After I am off Coumadin for at least a week, I will have a colonoscopy. The first one only got a little way into the sigmoid before hitting that tumor that had me almost fully obstructed - so that was the end. My oncologist said if there is anything large in my colon it will be seen on the scan. But if I have any smaller polyps that don't show uptake on a PET, the only way to take care of those is colonoscopy. And it is quite likely that there could be more polyps since I had one that had already turned into such a big tumor, and my mother has polyps removed at every scope, and my brother had polyps removed at his (younger than me).

    The plan was to head to Mexico to celebrate after I get some strength back (at the end of April/beginning of May for my husband's birthday) and before my scan. But I'm afraid that may not happen now. We are a little short on miles for free tickets. We can get one, but not the other. Since the Delta and NW merger, we are sitting with no charter options anymore, higher pricing and worse flight schedules. I thought NW had us landlocked badly - but this is worse. We do not have the choices that most markets have. I haven't had the heart to tell my husband that I don't think we can go. He keeps making reference to "in a month we'll have our toes in the sand." He is on vacation all this week - forced to use it up by the end of the month. It was saved for our annual anniversary trip that never happened. He has worked up to the top and gets 4 weeks of vacation per year. This year he got to use one week for vacation in Mexico, and the other 3 taking care of me during chemo. Not much fun. He needs a break as much as I do.
  • Fight for my love
    Fight for my love Member Posts: 1,522 Member
    #17
    Wow,it was easy,but you
    Wow,it was easy,but you really made it.Congratulations!Good luck with the last treatment.Take care.
  • HollyID
    HollyID Member Posts: 946 Member
    #18
    Kathryn_in_MN said:

    thanks everyone
    My last chemo will be April 8-10. I get to be hooked up to my last one for my birthday. Hooray! Weird birthday present.

    I will have a PET/CT 4-6 weeks after the last chemo, and bloodwork. If my scans are clear, the port comes out, and then I can go off Coumadin.

    We checked my CEA last week - hadn't checked it since it came back down to normal. It was 2! So I'm expecting a clear scan.

    After I am off Coumadin for at least a week, I will have a colonoscopy. The first one only got a little way into the sigmoid before hitting that tumor that had me almost fully obstructed - so that was the end. My oncologist said if there is anything large in my colon it will be seen on the scan. But if I have any smaller polyps that don't show uptake on a PET, the only way to take care of those is colonoscopy. And it is quite likely that there could be more polyps since I had one that had already turned into such a big tumor, and my mother has polyps removed at every scope, and my brother had polyps removed at his (younger than me).

    The plan was to head to Mexico to celebrate after I get some strength back (at the end of April/beginning of May for my husband's birthday) and before my scan. But I'm afraid that may not happen now. We are a little short on miles for free tickets. We can get one, but not the other. Since the Delta and NW merger, we are sitting with no charter options anymore, higher pricing and worse flight schedules. I thought NW had us landlocked badly - but this is worse. We do not have the choices that most markets have. I haven't had the heart to tell my husband that I don't think we can go. He keeps making reference to "in a month we'll have our toes in the sand." He is on vacation all this week - forced to use it up by the end of the month. It was saved for our annual anniversary trip that never happened. He has worked up to the top and gets 4 weeks of vacation per year. This year he got to use one week for vacation in Mexico, and the other 3 taking care of me during chemo. Not much fun. He needs a break as much as I do.

    You're going to do so good!!
    I know you can do it. You're one of the strongest women I know! With no oxi, you should be on top of the world!! With all you've gone through... Hell girl, you need a medal!

    I really hope your trip becomes a reality! I hope you are able to dip your toes in the sand... somewhere! You BOTH deserve it!
  • mom_2_3
    mom_2_3 Member Posts: 953 Member
    #19
    Good for you!
    Good for you. You are right there at the finish line...Only a few more steps!!!

    Way to go!
    Amy

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