Guest guest Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 In a message dated 11/28/2005 7:33:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, farinsheart@... writes: Today is my first day back at work, but, I am feeling apprehensive. Are there any test besides the colonoscopy next year that would give me a heads up if the cancer should reappear? Thanks for your help & my prayers are with each of you. Yes ask for a CT/PET scan. This catches any stray cells . Narice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Hi, Glad you joined us here on the board. Perhaps you need to talk to your docotr about getting a CEA blood count every three months. It is not real reliable but it can help find reoccuring cancer. Many here are having this done. I am so glad that they caught your cancer early enough. That is the most wonderful news!!!!! If you had to have cancer it is the best to have caught it so early. Hope this info helps you some. Ingrid > > Hi Everyone > I feel so fortunate to have found this site. > I am 48, was diagnosed with colon cancer & had surgery (partial lap) at > the end of Sept '05. (Cecum area - resectioned) No cancer in family. It > was stage 1 with 36 nodes showing negative - I'm one of the lucky ones. > I was not referred to an oncologist because of the good news but told > to see my gastroenterologist 1 yr from now for another colonoscopy, no > chemo, no radiation. I did take a blood test to get a cancer count?? > prior to the surgery. Today is my first day back at work, but, I am > feeling apprehensive. Are there any test besides the colonoscopy next > year that would give me a heads up if the cancer should reappear? > Thanks for your help & my prayers are with each of you. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 -Hi Ingrid Thank you for the advice, I will be asking my doctor tomorrow morning. BLess you June - In colon_cancer_support , " Ingrid Lowe " <lowenco@h...> wrote: > > Hi, Glad you joined us here on the board. Perhaps you need to talk to > your docotr about getting a CEA blood count every three months. It is > not real reliable but it can help find reoccuring cancer. Many here > are having this done. > I am so glad that they caught your cancer early enough. That is the > most wonderful news!!!!! If you had to have cancer it is the best to > have caught it so early. Hope this info helps you some. Ingrid > > > > > > > Hi Everyone > > I feel so fortunate to have found this site. > > I am 48, was diagnosed with colon cancer & had surgery (partial lap) > at > > the end of Sept '05. (Cecum area - resectioned) No cancer in > family. It > > was stage 1 with 36 nodes showing negative - I'm one of the lucky > ones. > > I was not referred to an oncologist because of the good news but > told > > to see my gastroenterologist 1 yr from now for another colonoscopy, > no > > chemo, no radiation. I did take a blood test to get a cancer > count?? > > prior to the surgery. Today is my first day back at work, but, I am > > feeling apprehensive. Are there any test besides the colonoscopy > next > > year that would give me a heads up if the cancer should reappear? > > Thanks for your help & my prayers are with each of you. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 My husband also had colon cancer in the cecum - his was stage 2 with no lymph node involvement. He was advised to have chemo and radiation due to the fact that colon cancer in the cecum is more likely to recur than other places in the colon. I don't know what the oncologist would have advised if his was stage 1 but due to the location of your cancer being in a more risky area. It will be 3 years in February, 06 since his surgery and he did undergo 6 months of chemo and 6 weeks of radiation. He has had a CT scan, chest x-ray at least every 6 months, blood work and check-up every 3 months. The last time we saw the oncologist - two weeks ago, he said he would see my husband again in 4 months, so his check-ups are being stretched out a bit. His last colonoscopy was last December and he won't have another one until next December. He is showing no evidence of disease. His liver enzymes are slightly elevated and the docs are watching that closely. I would want to be checked more often than once a year if I were you....at least blood work, maybe a CT scan, etc... Waiting a year for your next colonoscopy sounds reasonable given the circumstances - not so sure about what seems to be essentially ignoring the fact that you were diagnosed with colon cancer. BTW - How was the cancer discovered? Did you have symptoms? Or was it discovered from a routine colonoscopy? Peggy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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