Today, I met the team of my doctors at the Bangalore Institute of Oncology (BIO) with the CEA test result. The latest test showed a value of 7.23 - which is a marginal decrease from its previous value of 7.64. This is a marginally good news! :) The doctors suggested me continuing the chemotherapy tablets orally until the next PET/CT scan in Feb last week, when more information on the disease inside the body will be available from the scan results.

Rest period

After a hectic stream of weeks, I have now got a couple of days rest at home with an upcoming visit to the hospital again on Jan 19th for a CEA test. This test gives a rough idea of the presence of cancer cells in the body; the more the CEA value the more the cancer in the body. (The last CEA done on Dec 18th showed a value of 7.64. This is a kind of OK value and the test was done just before the radiation.) So, with the CEA test coming up, hopes are high that the test shows a reduced value since the radiation is supposed to kill most of the cancerous cells in the liver! :) Until then, I am now on oral chemotherapy medication which is a stop-gap arrangement to reduce the risk of the spread of the disease.