Hi everyone,
My name is Ruth and I have had rectal cancer, stage II with three positive nodes. The rectal cancer is clear, but on a routine CT scan, several nodules showed up in my lungs. The doc ordered a PET scan and one of the nodules glowed on the screen. We then waited 4 weeks and did another CT scan, and now some of the nodules have changed in size. They are very small about the size of the ink end of a ball point pen. My doc said they are too small to biopsy. My CEA level has also almost doubled between blood tests.
Now, the doc wants me to have a port put in this next Monday and start chemo (three rounds with a three day infusion pump) this next Tuesday. This is all so sudden, I just finished chemo up this last January for the rectal cancer. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated, thanks and take care, Ruth