We had an appointment to see our oncologist (first since learning it was cancer). He had spent quite some time reviewing her case and had conferred with several other doctors too. The issue that we are facing is that it’s not obvious where the cancer is, it is obvious that it has spread to the lymph nodes though (so that kinda sucks). He says that the marker profile seems to imply that it is either coming from rectal, the lower part of the colon, or possibly the appendix. Things will be moving faster now….

• He wants to refer us to a team downtown (Northwestern – all of these doctors for Rebecca are Northwestern doctors) that is specialized in this type of cancer (adenocarcinoma).
• He also wants Rebecca to get a colonoscopy as that may reveal where the cancer is.
• He wants a bone marrow biopsy
• The Chicago team will want to meet with us and they may want to do a procedure where they go into the appendix to look and see if there is any disease in there