Well today was the day of latest ca125 test and scan results. I finished my treatment last November for stage 3b PPC. My ca 125 had been between 10 to 12 since finishing treatment but 2 months ago following abdo pain and feeling generally rubbish rose to 29. It was retested a month later and had dropped to 22 and oncologist ordered a ct as well. An X-ray at the time revealed constipation (I have a stoma following a bowel perforation).
Abdo scan was clear today and ca 125 dropped back to 11 which was amazing however I now have a nodule on my lung. They will discuss at MDT this week and decide whether to watch and wait or rescan. They do not think it is another primary due scan results or ovarian spread due to the ca 125 reading. My ca125 was in 1,000's on diagnosis. They think it is possibly a calcification - does anyone have experience of this and what was the cause and outcome please?
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Thank you so much .... just convincing myself nothing to worry about and just having a lovely glass of cold Sauvignon Blanc to celebrate my ca 125 result x x 11 is the same as when I came out of chemo.
It all sounds very positive and your CA125 is very low so sounds reassuring, plus with a clear abdo scan you sound in a great position. I’ve no experience of calcification sorry but if the docs are prepared to go on watch and wait they can’t seem too concerned, in that they think it must be something thats not cancer related.
You enjoy your nice glass of vino 🥂 you certainly deserve it, it’s stressful going for scan results so you must be really relieved with the positive news you received today.
Hoping the nodule turns out to be nothing worrying and sending you best wishes,
That's great news about your numbers dropping back down. One of my mom's CT scans after chemo showed some sort of lung nodule too, but it was suspected to be just calcification, and it actually went away in further CT scans (or at least never mentioned again).
I remember panicking at the time when we got the results, but I also recall reading that pulmonary nodules are fairly common, and are usually benign, which helped calm me down They could be the result of inflammation, or a mild infection, etc..
I have a calcification in my lung. They believe it’s the result of a particularly bad chest infection I may have had years ago. Possibly even TB, which I’m sure I would have known about it. There doesn’t seem to be any plan associated with it. When I had my last scan it was mentioned again. Funny nobody mentioned it when I had my surgery and scans in 2012. I’m assuming from the casual way it’s been mentioned this is quite common. So I wouldn’t worry
Hi Eriksendi. Not near my lung but I've been told that I've had some calcification in lymph nodes before, as visible on the scan images. Some required action (lymph nodes that flared up after 2 years of watch & wait monitoring, in conjunction with a sharply raising ca125), but others just disappeared from one scan to the next.
Maybe that's why they consider watch & wait?
Wishing you luck and hopefully they disappear again. Xx. Maus
I think focus on the positives from the appointment, and try not to worry about the lung. Different radiologists seem to pick up on different things. Maybe it’s something, maybe it’s not. Wait and see what the MDT say. Well done for the good results!
Hi Eriksendi--you may have seen I recently posted I got the NED status (on a PARP) and the CT scan report said I had a nodule at the base of one of my lobes. I asked as how could I be NED and he very nonchalantly said "its a non-cancerous nodule--could be scar tissue or something you had before you got C." I have the nodule on my report with a ca125 of 5 (my ca125 currently tells my story) and he has zero concern. Hope this helps. oxox
So wonderful about your CA results! I had a CATSCAN in 2017 (I was originally diagnosed in 2015 with Stage IV OC) when I thought I was feeling strange and in pain on my right abdomen. The results revealed nothing, but, I had a couple of lung nodules which they said just about everyone has and they are nothing to be concerned with. I had a recurrence this year, just finished up my 6 rounds of chemo and CATscan was good, but, still mentioned the nodules in the lungs which they are not concerned with. Hope that helps!
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