Monday, February 3rd I had surgery to remove the cancer.
One small problem... the doctors could NOT visibly find any cancer. Not anything! They "looked and looked" and still could not see anything.
Since the source of the cancer was the ovary, the doctors did a complete hysterectomy and removed the omentum. The surgery was somewhat laparoscopic with only 4 separate incisions around my abdomen. I think most of the holes were for the camera, with the largest cut only a few inches long. The one that hurts the most is one at my left rib cage at the top of my abdomen.
They are sending the tissue to the lab for further investigation, but expect to find nothing.
The next morning, 4 doctors told me that they are "AMAZED". I told them that it was a God Thing! I think that I am a science project for them, now. They are trying to figure out why I have responded so much better to chemo than any other stage 4 patient.
Chemo will start again in a few weeks.
I spent one night in the hospital...stay tuned for a few humorous stories that I plan to recall in future posts.
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ReplyDeleteCheryl not sure if you remember me, but you helped me with alot of my stuff at UNF and took a real interest in my success back in the beginning of Fall semester. Anyways, I just thought I would let you know I read up on your progress from time to time to see how you are and just for a nice boost to my own personal mood when I think things are tough for me. You are always in such good spirits and to hear what seems like great news makes me very happy! Keep it up you are an unbelievable inspiration to the triumph of human willpower.
ReplyDelete-Nathan Robinson