Friday, September 21, 2007

Some GREAT News!

Ok... so you know we stopped the Chemo (cpt11) but decided to continue with the Erbitux and Avastin. Last Chemo given was July 27th and we have had three treatments with just the Avastin and Erbitux. Ok. So they did a cea level on the 27th of July and it was 28.7. Then on or around Aug 15th we had another CEA Level done and that was 21.8. We figured it would go down because of the CPT11. We weren't sure what would happen today because Ted isn't doing Chemo anymore. And lo and behold.......his new CEA level is...

TA DA...... 14.7 YEAH!!!!!! It's still going down, so the less intrusive drugs are working. Our doctor says that alot of people with colon cancer in recent studies have lived additional years on this treatment. Of course there is no end in sight with this treatment, it's every two weeks. Unless it stops working, but at least for two years or more unless they come out with another treatment.

Doing happy Dance!!!!!

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4 Comments:

At September 22, 2007 at 6:49 PM , Blogger Amy said...

That IS great news. yay. Glad to hear it. How is Ted feeling post tx these days? He sounded so great when I talked to him a few weeks ago, it made me so happy. Thinking of you always, Amy xoxox

 
At September 23, 2007 at 6:20 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fantastic!!!!!! I pray for him everyday. I hope he is doing well. Miss you all so much. Tell everyone at VOA that I said hi. Hope to see you soon.

Love ya Carrie

 
At September 23, 2007 at 6:07 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

AWESOME, so glad to hear this news!!!

I hope Ted is feeling as good as the numbers are. Karen, its time to breathe a little & take care of yourself too.
All my love to all of you, Aunt Lee

 
At September 23, 2007 at 11:12 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

We love you guys. Keep up the great work and keep dancing !!! We'll see you in a couple of weeks.

Love You Guys,

Jodie, Leo & Johnny

 

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