Clean so far (sort of …)
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Jim….another surgical intervention with great results. Fantastic. Have you recovered and are back to normal?
All my best wishes,
MarionWOW! Jim, that is the best news! You are right in step with Spring and new beginnings. Thanks, for the great report, Miracle Man!
Nothing but good news. We spent about 45 minutes Thursday reviewing the path report with a pulmonary oncologist, who very carefully translated the whole report for us. The adenocarcinoma which was removed was absolutely NOT cc related, had not invaded the artery it surrounded, and was completely removed. No further treatment needed, just follow as part of the usual cc followups. Less than 15% chance of recurrence. Had this nodule not been removed, it would have eventually compromised the artery, which would have been very grim indeed.
Now I will begin a new (hopefully totally boring) thread in the fall when I get another CT. I’m feeling very fortunate right now!
I see the lung surgeon a week from tomorrow for post op followup and I plan to tell him about the Dr Kato joke, and will suggest that he tell Dr Kato, “Well, it looks like I’m the only surgeon to operate on Mr. Wilde who washes his hands.” I’m sure they’ll both get a good yuk from this!
Hi Jim,
Thanks for letting us know how you are doing. Will keep everything crossed for you and for a clean report and sending you a ton of positive thoughts.
Best wishes,
Gavin
Jim……your posting was very much awaited. Fingers crossed for a clean path report. Is the infection responding to the antibiotics?
All my best wishes,
MarionExcellent, Jim. Teddy could not rave enough about all his Nurses, starting with the surgeries in Milwaukee to Rehab to more here. The Nurses were great and the Doctors were all stupendous. Of course it may have helped that he was always praying for God to come through the hands of the Surgeons! You and we, lucked out. I hope you get your results quickly as I never did have a lot of patience!
Lainy, those lady docs are really watching out for me. My dear Dr Lee was there waiting for me to come out of surgery, this time ~ 1PM, but she was there after 9 PM two years ago. There’s a decent chance this latest deal is not cc, but we should know next week. I’ve been totally blessed with some very special caregivers and I love them all, techs, nurses and doctors alike.
OK, back in NJ now (Monday 5/23) UPDATE now back in MD Wed 5/25 — no internet until today … lung surgery was WAY more difficult than expected, but clean margins. problems prevented posting until today. There’s always a kicker, though. Now it’s the final path report. I expect that next week. Saw my amigo Dr Kato on Sat (just a chance encounter). He and Dr Sonett are running buddies.
Dr Kato said:
2001 big heart surgery … big infection
2009 big liver surgery (Dr Kato)… very big infection
2011 lung surgery (Dr Sonett) … infectionVery, very funny … ha ha ha
I plan to tell Dr Sonett:
2001 big heart surgery … big infection
2009 big liver surgery (Dr Kato)… very big infection
2011 lung surgery (Dr Sonett) … NO infection
and tell him to lay this back on Dr Kato.Thank you all for your support during this latest challenge. I’ll let all know path results and start a new thread, depending on the news.
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