Bruce's CEA results

Well, Bruce's follow-up didn't go as well as mine. His CEA which is a cancer antigen came back elevated. It was 7.2, normal is 0-6.1. It's not up much but was 3.3 when last checked so is concerning. The nurse practicioner that saw Bruce said 'we' would just recheck it in 1 month to see how it was trending. WE didn't like that approach so discussed it with Bob, our brother-in-law, who is also an oncologist in Des Moines, IA & he felt that Bruce should have a repeat PET scan & an upper endoscopy. We had already discussed Bruce getting a Colonoscopy with the nurse practicioner who is going to refer Bruce to Dr. Joseph who did Bruce's jejunum tube placement. We talked with Dr. Percent & after some discussion (including Dr. Percent talking with Bob) Bruce had a PET  scan done on Friday. Hopefully we will get the results tomorrow. As always waiting is very hard & as always its hard to know what is going through Bruce's head. I'm doing okay now...but that's after 2 mornings of crying while doing barn chores. It's hard not to when I get to talk to Bob who is so blunt about our survival percentages based on the stage of our cancers when they were diagnosed. I just hope we know where things stand before I fly to Iowa Wednesday for one week.