I took a red light ride to the hospital when I woke up one morning and could not set up. My blood pressure was 70-40 and a major symptom of sepsis shock. CT at the hospital showed an inflamed Liver, Spleen, and large bowel with a diagnosis of colitis and was positive for bacteria in my blood. I had some days with chills and very bad pain that evolved to sweating buckets. I am on palliative care and none of the medical staff could figure it out. They just wanted to up my pain meds and that did not help. After the hospital stay and IV and oral meds for the infection my CA19-9 numbers have started back down. Neither CT scan showed any evidence of cancer. But of course that is not 100% either.

Best wishes to all dealing with cancer.