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Scan results - Good news!
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Mar 08, 2019 - 4:17 pm
I have now had a follow up CT Scan. I am about 3 years from the time that I started chemo and a little over that from my surgery. I just got an email from my doctor that it was all clear and there is no sign of metastices in the chest or abdomen. I of course worried myself about it before I had it, just like I worried about my colonoscopy at the beginning of the year. Now that it is over, I hope I can relax until I need to have another one. I am not sure of the protocol - I had one a year ago and one right after I finished chemo. So I will see my oncologist in July and will ask him. Eileen |
Joined: Feb 2016
Wonderful! Always good to
Wonderful! Always good to hear this!
so happy for you! May you be NED forever!
k
Joined: Aug 2013
Three years out is a great
Three years out is a great milestone, Congrats. Seems like they would start bumping that colonoscopy out to two and then three, then five years, as thats what they did to me, but every doctor's different. Keep that NED going!!.................................................Dave
Joined: Apr 2017
Congratulations
Congratulations!
Joined: Jan 2018
Clear scan
Congratulations!
Joined: Mar 2019
Great News
Eileen, so happy to read your great news! Enjoy this fantastic time of your life.
Joined: Feb 2009
Thanks for Sharing
So glad to hear that you got some great news from the doctor. Each doctor is different on how they want to handle your upcoming tests. Some test yearly after 3 years and some still do 6 months. My one friend's doctor quit doing them after 2 years which seemed a little to soon for me. Good luck in your appointment in July and hope you continue to do well.
Kim
Joined: Jul 2016
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Joined: Oct 2015
Congrats!
Congrats! That is wonderful news. I hope to join you with 3 years after my scan on the 13th.
Joined: Jul 2017
Congratulations Eileen! My
Congratulations Eileen! My tests are also once a year.
Joined: Jan 2013
Happy Days
May you continue to live NED for a very, very long time.
Tru
Joined: Jan 2019
Eileen,
Eileen,
That's wonderful! Isn't three years out considered cured!? What stage are you? I'm very happy for you.
Joined: Sep 2017
Stage
I was stage 3 - I had surgery to remove my sigmoid and after that, 12 rounds of Folfox. 2 out of 22 lymph nodes that were removed had cancer cells, so that is why I was considered a 3. I made it through all of my treatments, with a dose adjustment starting at #9 of the Oxaliplatin. It was lowered 20% both for 9 and 10 and then removed completely for 11 and 12 since I was developing neuropathy in my feet and hands.
I don't think 3 years is considered cured, more than likely 5 will be.
Eileen
Joined: Aug 2013
I was 111b with mass in the
I was 111b with mass in the sigmoid section removed, then Folfox. It popped up twice in my liver, requiring resection, but by two years out, I knew there was something there, rising CEA tests and whatnot, so three and clear is pretty great to me. I'm four and a half out, with five years coming in Sep., but I won't use that term, because I don't want my mind thinking in those terms. At 60, other cancers and issues can pop up and I'd rather have that truth present in the back of my mind, then call it a big victory. Congratulations again on making three years, and I hope five years finds you well and as free as one can be............................................Dave
Joined: Mar 2019
I'm pretty new to all this,
I'm pretty new to all this, having only conpleted my chemo Jan. 6th of 2019 so 3 years sounds great!!! Congrats 'sprite and keep at it!!