My apologies for so few postings these past few months. I have been undergoing Chemo therapy to treat a recurrence of my 2002 Cancer of the appendix. UGH!
Oct 23 I finally obtained the access to the long promised SURGERY. Two wonderful teams of doctors took sequential turns over long operation to remove the offending parts - we hope it is all gone for now. I was out for about 9 hours.
If you are bothered by medical procedural descriptions please do not read the next part where I will describe what was removed.
The primary recurrence was showing as a "shadow" in the region of my previous appendix. During the winter some smaller metastasis tumours appeared in my liver. Luckily they were in areas of my liver that I did not need (it grows back anyway apparently).
So surgical team one, led by Dr Chung removed 60% of my liver, and apparently my Gall Bladder.
Surgical team two, led by Dr Cheih-fetz tackled the abdominal shadow - which turned out to be a nasty little beast! Though showing as only about 3 cm it apparently involved my 2005 hernia repair (where it started it's new life); my small intestine; and my abdominal (pelvic) wall. So poor Dr Cheih-Fetz, instead if an easy removal had a very complex job to separate, remove and to sew and rebuild.
I owe these surgeons and their teams so much. Indeed I owe the whole Canadian medical system my life, again.
Since Oct 23 I have been slowly recovering. I could not sit at a computer till the last couple of days. Each day I am stronger. today is the first day I have not gone to bed for the afternoon!
I have quite a back log of wonderful photos and I do intend to begin posting again to this blog.
Oct 23 I finally obtained the access to the long promised SURGERY. Two wonderful teams of doctors took sequential turns over long operation to remove the offending parts - we hope it is all gone for now. I was out for about 9 hours.
If you are bothered by medical procedural descriptions please do not read the next part where I will describe what was removed.
The primary recurrence was showing as a "shadow" in the region of my previous appendix. During the winter some smaller metastasis tumours appeared in my liver. Luckily they were in areas of my liver that I did not need (it grows back anyway apparently).
So surgical team one, led by Dr Chung removed 60% of my liver, and apparently my Gall Bladder.
Surgical team two, led by Dr Cheih-fetz tackled the abdominal shadow - which turned out to be a nasty little beast! Though showing as only about 3 cm it apparently involved my 2005 hernia repair (where it started it's new life); my small intestine; and my abdominal (pelvic) wall. So poor Dr Cheih-Fetz, instead if an easy removal had a very complex job to separate, remove and to sew and rebuild.
I owe these surgeons and their teams so much. Indeed I owe the whole Canadian medical system my life, again.
Since Oct 23 I have been slowly recovering. I could not sit at a computer till the last couple of days. Each day I am stronger. today is the first day I have not gone to bed for the afternoon!
I have quite a back log of wonderful photos and I do intend to begin posting again to this blog.
Campfire Contemplation - here I'm thinking about how wonderful life is!
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