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Had colon cancer and now CEA is rising: Scared

Posted by segerfan @segerfan, Apr 26, 2022

Colon cancer 10 year and now raised CEA
Just had a colonoscopy and it was fine. Went for my yearly check up and CEA is evaluated to 7. no weight loss, no loss of appetite. I am under a great deal of stress, family, marriage lose of a grandchild. Went back to vaping. Doctor is going to do a ct scan. I am scared to death.

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lida55 | @lida55 | Mar 5 8:29pm
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@lida55, is your husband being cared for at Mayo Clinic?

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No unfortunately. We are in iran Asia

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lida55 | @lida55 | Jun 12 4:47am
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@lida55, any update?

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Hello. Thanks for yoyr supportive answers.
We did exam yesterday and unfortunately my husbands cea went up and it is 6.2 now. 3 months ago it was 4.6. Now it is more than 5. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

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lida55 | @lida55 | Jun 12 4:51am
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@lida55, any update?

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I am very scared. Exactly one month ago we had a very bad situation in our life and my husband lost his job and now this cea6.2. We have to go to oncologist next week and surely she is going to do petscan. I dont know what to do. A rise from 4.9 to 6.2 can be because of stress or no sign of cancer recurrence???😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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lida55 | @lida55 | Jun 12 4:53am
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If you don't have access to CTDNA or Signatera (ask your oncologist), then just trust the standard of care in your area, and in your case the CT or PET. Again, The concept of assay variability is the issue here.... because a CEA value of 1 2 3 or 5 is really the same number, it's only one that number climbs to 10 or 20 is it meaningful at all. I believe a good oncologist would not act on a CEA value alone.

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Hello.my husband cea reached to 6.2. 😭

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lida55 | @lida55 | Jun 12 4:57am
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@lida55, is your husband being cared for at Mayo Clinic?

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No unfortunately. We live in Iran.

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