Mary was told those wonderful words at the end of September “in remission.”
A quick history. Our specialists at our local hospital suspected CC at the end of March 2009 and referred her to Stanford. Multiple ERCP procedures at both hospitals were inconclusive but they did place stents to minimize pain. Stanford confirmed CC from the path reports after a gall bladder laparoscopy at the end of April performed because of a distended gall bladder. Stanford removed 80% of her liver in May but the path report did not declare clean (negative) margins. Therefore, they blasted her with daily radiation and daily oral chemo capecitabine (Xeloda