Dad met with surgeon

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  • April 28, 2010 at 3:31 am #37577
    marions
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    Bob….good luck. This sounds like great news so far.
    Best wishes,
    Marion

    April 27, 2010 at 8:56 pm #37576
    gavin
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    Hi Bob,

    It sounds like a plan to me and I hope that it all goes as expected for your dad.

    My best wishes to you and your dad,

    Gavin

    April 27, 2010 at 8:26 pm #37575
    lainy
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    Sounds great to us. Teddy was 73 when he had the “double” Whipple and he did fine with some of the usual hitches. Stay optimistic and it sounds like you have an excellent doctor!!!

    April 27, 2010 at 8:05 pm #37574
    devoncat
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    Bob,
    Fantastic news. This is what we want to hear.

    Kris

    April 27, 2010 at 8:02 pm #3468
    indianaboy
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    Dad met with Dr. Michael House at IU Med Center this morning. The plan is to do a pre-op laparoscopic exam and if all is as expected then proceed immediately with an open surgery to remove the left half of his liver, left bile duct, gall bladder and lymph nodes. If all goes well, then he will eventually get some chemotherapy as well after he recovers from the surgery.

    The surgeon said there is good reason to feel optimistic and he has a good feeling that Dad will come out of it OK given the information he has now.

    Dad is 75, reasonably good health and the tumor is supposedly less than 2 cm in the left channel of the bile duct.

    Any thoughts? Does that sound like a reasonable plan to the people that have gone through it?

    Thanks

    Bob

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