Recovery After Liver Surgery Posted: 07-12-07 03:55am
Liver surgery is tougher coming back from
(for me) as they dissected the liver and
flipped it over to remove the 1 cm tumor.
No other spots were found even though they
had 4 additional suspicious spots. The
head of Radiology at Stanford came in and
biopiosed them as 2 cysts and 2
hemangeomas). Going in I was healthy after
the 5 months of chemo and my CEA had
fallen from a high of 17 to less than 1.0
Now I am 6 weeks off anything and then 3
proposed cycles of chemo after that. I
know at the beginning there were many
wonderful people here who understood what
I was going through. I feel hopeful. I
went a different path than most (chemo
first to see the effect on the tumor and
then surgery )and I was sweating more
tumors showing up.
For liver surgery, I was suprised how low
my appetite is, how gummed up I feel (I do
get stool softeners) and how painful the
cut and drains were. They used glue to sew
me up with other sutures under the skin.
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liseanne
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Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 3
Posted: 07-12-07 04:01am
It is so good to hear all went well with
the surgery. It is not surprising that you
feel sore but I am sure you will recover
quickly. I love your positive attitude!
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scmom
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Canada
Posted: 07-12-07 04:04am
Congrats! I'm so glad you came through
this and sound so positive. With that
attitude you're going to be just fine!
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