My Cancer Deployment: Take it right between the eyes.

Two people that I met--one IRL, one only online--that had the same diagnosis as I and were diagnosed around the same time as myself recently died, one today, another a few weeks ago.

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33yo, primiparous, non-smoking, hypothyroid (dx 12.07), 8+ year pescatarian 1st diagnosed with rectal cancer via colonoscopy on 11.30.07. Despite very low CEA levels (1.0), dx confirmed 12.04.07 via biopsy. Tumor determined to be stage IIIb (T3/N1), 6-7cm from anal verge on 12.11.07 via world's most unpleasant ultrasound.

33 tx of chemorads (3,000mg Xeloda/d), pathology following LAR found no signs of adenoma or carcinoma AND none of the 11 nodes taken out were positive. FUCK YEAH.

Most recently, completed last of 8 treatments of FOLFOX on 8.16.08 and had ostomy reversal 9.5.08.

The General Order of Things

- 11/30: ~~colonoscopy~~
- 12/21: ~~laproscopic ovary transposition~~
- 12/26: ~~6 weeks/33 treatments of chemoradiation (last day 2/8)~~
- 3/13: ~~pre-op work-up and CTVP~~
- 3/25: ~~TRUS~~
- 3/28: ~~surgery (LAR)~~
- 4/10: ~~post-op appointment~~
- 4/11: ~~CT scan~~
- 4/14: ~~drain placement~~
- 4/24: ~~port placement~~
- 4/24: 4+ months/8 chemo treatments: ~~1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8~~
- 9/4: ~~CT scan, appts with both onc and surgeon~~
- 9/5: ~~ostomy takedown~~
- commence bowel retraining
- port gets taken out at some point...

Once goal of normal pooping is achieved (which may be further in the distance than any of us might think), join us ~~in Iceland or Bermuda~~ somewhere totally kewl for my FUCK CANCER Party

My Cancer Deployment

8.14.2014

FUCK CANCER.

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