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Thanks Melinda for the response. Apologies for the delay, it has been a busy week of running my mother to different doctors, scans, tests, etc.

I decided to have my mother get an updated CT scan (she’s getting the scan tomorrow) given the lack of a consensus on what a heightened CEA number means given her situation. I couldn’t really get a definitive answer from doctors either, so I think it’s best to get the scan to have a better picture of what is going on.

I’ve heard a couple doctors express the same sentiment about cancer spreading, which I admittedly do not fully understand. In no way a doctor, but if a malignancy is held stable and not growing I don’t see why surgery wouldn’t be a viable option. I’m sure there’s a reason, I just haven’t heard it.

Right now we just feel a little scattered without a plan of attack, hence the jumbled thoughts in my previous post. There’s so much information out there it’s hard at times to make sense of it all. Hopefully after this run with a couple different specialist we will have a plan in place for my mom. I will definitely hope back on after we see her doctors this week and next to share my experiences and any information that may be helpful to others.