Saturday, March 22, 2014

negative biopsy, but it looks like cancer?

Travis had an appointment with his GI doctor on Wednesday. He said that although the biopsy results came back as negative, it still looked like cancer and so they would like Travis to have an Endoscopic Ultrasound. That is scheduled to be in a couple weeks.

So to recap where we are at with everything:
Ulcer inside his colon: Negative but suspicious
Polyp inside his colon: Negative
Area outside of the colon: suspicious but not able to biopsy without surgery and so we will repeat MRI in a couple months.
Maintenance Chemo is just Avastin every other week.

Still so many questions and uncertainty! Please continue your prayers! If you feel inspired to do so please include Trav in your fast on the 30th, he’ll have the Endoscopic Ultrasound that week! Thank you for your continued support!

Friday, March 7, 2014

From Travis

No malignancy in the NEW areas. Not to be confused with the other previous location still to be determined. Stacy and I are certainly happy with the news so far though.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Biopsy

They did a biopsy of a couple spots for Travis today, not the place we thought though, just other things they found during the colonoscopy. We will now wait for results and expect those results to cause more questions and waiting! Grateful to my family for taking care of things today and yesterday! They are amazing! Happy colon cancer awareness month!

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Travis has a colonoscopy/biopsy on Thursday. I broke my toe. My family's been sick. Trav's neuropathy is still worsening but overall he is optimistic. My ward is totally amazing and made us a ton of freezer meals! We are blessed with so many people supporting us still!

From Travis : Colon Cancer Awareness

It's colon cancer awareness month. As I've done every year since my first diagnosis, I am here to remind everyone. If there is ANY doubt in your mind about whether something is wrong with your...uh...plumbing...please exercise caution and get checked. And if you are of age, 40 is the new 50, then get checked. (Not that it always means you are safe if you aren't of age. Me <---- example.="" p=""> The most common symptom of colon cancer is no symptom at all. The procedure to get checked is painless and easy. The fight against colon cancer -- well, IT'S NOT!! Take it from someone who knows.

It literally hurt to sit at the computer to write this message. Don't let my pain go to waste!