More and more appointments

• Appointment with Dr. MM (and Dr. T) and blood work at Siteman South County

Dr. MM confirmed that we should schedule a colonoscopy during this chemo break and more specifically, before my surgery. So. Next week.  He said that for the first year follow-up, we aren't really looking for new polyps or tumors in my colon, but more likely, something that was there last year but too small to be detected at that time.

I was scheduled to meet with Dr. T too but instead of waiting around for that appointment, they communicated to me that I didn't need to see him again until after my surgery. I suppose that's okay. I did have a few questions but I know that there really won't be any answers until after my surgery.

My blood work results are in and my CEA came back at 3.9 (the highest it's ever been). However, it turns out that the CEA testing method has recently been updated and this is the result from that new method that has a "normal" range of 0-5. For the next 6 months, both methods are going to be used. The result from the old method is 1.8 and that method has a normal range of 0-2.5. So it would seem that there really is no change from last month's result of 1.9 (old method). #science