Curtis and Shannon Howard: Update

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Update

So, this time they are saying that Curtis has a kink in his small intestine just beyond his stoma. They are letting him eat "as tolerated". He is having some lunch now and we will see how he tolerates it. He is not in as much pain as yesterday and seems to be doing quite a bit better.

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MindySeptember 28, 2011 at 5:04 PM
Hi my name is Mindy Fenstermaker Tollstrup I went to high school with curtis and I heard that he was sick, I would just like him to know that we are thinking of all of you and I hope he is going to be ok if he is doing well enough I would love to hear from him 801-520-4825 thanks so much :)
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Curtis Bryce Howard

Curtis was diagnosed at the age of 31 with stage 4 colorectal cancer. He had an ileostomy December 2010, a port-a-cath placement January 2011. Started 7 weeks 5FU chemo and 7 weeks radiation February 2011. He was scheduled for a colon resection and a permanent colostomy in April 2011, but the surgery was cancelled. Some inguinal lymph nodes were swollen and we showed these to the surgeon. The lymph nodes were biopsied and they came back positive for cancer. A pet scan was done a few days later and the cancer had spread to his neck, lungs, 2 possible lesions on his liver and all over in his abdominal cavity. Curtis immediately started chemotherapy with Folfox6 and Avastin with a trial drug called Afinitor (RAD-001). Another pet scan was done in June and Curits is responding very well to treatment. The tumor in his neck is not on the scan, the multiple small tumors in his lungs are not showing anymore except for 2 very small ones. The metabolic activity of all the nodes and tumors is much lower than before. He is still doing treatment every 2 weeks and will have a pain pump on July 12th that will hopefully make his pain more stable and him more comfortable.

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