Hello all,
It is a warm Monday evening here and I have all my medicines lined up in a row. Dinner was once again delivered and that is such a blessing.

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.

God bless all of you. As a 48 year old dad (birthday a couple of weeks ago), I feel like I might see my kids graduate high school.

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
thanks to all
Impactzone

Congrats! I'm so glad you came through this and sound so positive. With that attitude you're going to be just fine! Enjoy your break from chemo and get lots of rest and get as healthy as possible before the next round.

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!

Love and prayers,