Hello! Hubby Newly diagnosed had successful surgery!

Hi there!

I stumbled upon this site, and thought I would add our story. My Husband Dave, who is only 50, was having some pain in his abdomen on Valentines Day 2009 and we went to the ER to discover his gallbladder was inflamed. They removed his gallbladder, and sent him home. Two days went by, and the itching started, and he began to turn VERY yellow, his eyes were so yellow, and he was very weak. We went back to the hospital, and he had the ERCP scope, as they were thinking it was a gall stone in the duct. We discovered that he had a tumor in the bile duct. We were sent to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, and informed at that time he had Bile Duct Cancer. The Ultrasound showed there was good blood flow to the liver, and the surgery was possible. On thursday April 2nd 2009, My Husband had a 9 1/2 hour surgery, and Dr. William Hawkins, and his team removed 80% of his liver, and reconstructed his bile duct. Dave is doing great. The Doctor says that they got all of the cancer. I did find out that it was also in two of his nodes, but those were removed as well. Dave is still in the hospital, and doing great. He is walking, and started eating solid food today. We were told that we were very lucky, because a transplant was not an option in his case. Dr. Hawkins is known as one of the best in the USA. I wanted to share our good news with all, and know that there is hope.