Good news..I think?

• By Maysea
• Posted July 13, 2008 at 4:50 pm

Do you take any herb medicine? My stool is also my thumb wide after I take some herb medicine. Also if you have broken scars inside could affect your colon, this is my case.

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• By momanderson920
• Posted July 15, 2008 at 7:42 am

When is the last time you had a colonoscopy? I am 54 and had one in my late 40s. They recommend them routinely after age 50. I insisted on a PET scan with my oncologist which checks you from head to toe for cancer activity. Trouble is insurance doesn't like to pay but everyone's is different. My bowel movements change and have been thinner as well. I am told you develop scar tissue within the first year after your surgery.

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• By songbird78
• Posted July 15, 2008 at 10:22 am

I spoke to the doctor, Im 35 almost 36, and saud why not a colonoscopy? Pet scan isnt an issue with him, or Cat scan, but he feels since my CA dropped 6 points , and Im well in the normal range with no other symptoms hes ok with it.

He also said scar tissue can happen. Im being tested in less than three weeks again with my blood if it really goes out of the range again, hes going to order one .
He told me for now to just not worry too much.
and wait the three weeks, Thank you both for your replies through, it helps to hear what others went through.....

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• By jolock2004
• Posted July 15, 2008 at 8:26 pm

Songbird,
I have ovca and colon cancer. Your Dr's are both correct,your numbers wouldn't be so low if there was a problem. I believe checking your ca-125 in 3 weeks is a good solution..and keep testing it. I have alot of bowel issues,but I know alot of it has to do with scar tissue....and all the chemo I have been on lately. How do you feel?? Do you overall feel good?? That really means alot. I know of ladies whose ca-125 are in the hundreds,they feel great and have negative ct and pt scans. There are alot of Onc's (mine included) that will not treat based on ca numbers only. They wait until it shows up on exams. At first this drove me crazy..but little by little I read more and more about not treating the numbers but the disease. The reason behind this is because everyone ca-125 reacts differently, some are much more sensitive that others. I was filled with cancer and had a ca-125 of 204,but yet I know of a girl whose ca-125 was 4000 and she is a 1c. In both recurrences my disease was caught when my numbers were not only slightly elevated 62 and 44, but I also started to feel poorly again. My Onc told me to trust my feelings...they are usually right on target. After 3.5 years of this merry-go-round both me and my Onc have learned alot about my disease...when to start to worry and when to not. Keeping off chemo as long as possible is really not only heathier for you, but you don't want to waste your really good chemos for escalating numbers without any evidence of diesase. I hope your next test goes way down..and you feel better and better everyday!!~~~~Joanne

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