Rectal Cancer diagnosed Valentines Day 2008 - stage 3
Finished 6 weeks of radiation and chemo 4/23/08
Surgery to remove tumor - June 18th 2008
Colostomy Reversal August 20th 2008
Chemotherapy 5 months (Xeloda) finished Christmas 2008
Local recurrence found May 2011
Permanent colostomy and salvage APR surgery June 3rd 2011
Stage 3C - 4 of 12 lymph nodes involved
Finished 12 treatments of FOLFOX 6 - January 17th 2012 - Happy Dance!
March 2012 - clean CAT Scan
August 2012 - Cancer moves to stage 4
CAT shows cancer cells implanted in pelvis/abdomen
September - PET shows lung lesion 1.4 x 1 cm
October - begin sessions of Folfiri.3 - Avastin, Irotecan, 5fu
February 2013 - tumors shrinking, continuing biweekly chemo