Successful surgery
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Keep doing what you are doing Phoebe. Above all, keep the positive outlook, continue to learn, and have regular scans performed. A healthy diet with lots of antioxidant juices is great insurance as well.
Dawn, my wife, is a three year survivor after a liver resection in January of 06.
All the best and God bless.
Richard
Hello Phoebe, that is good news and it sounds like you certainly have some angels working in your favor. Earlier on, I was looking for second opinions for my Dad, and located a closed Phase II trial, experimental study specific to intrahepatic tumors. The PI suggested I initiate contact with Dr. John
The vigilance of your physician is commendable as is your desire to obtain a second opinion. Generally, this cancer is discovered at a much later stage then yours has been. However, from what I have learned and have witnessed on this board, it is those with early detection who have fared the best. You may very well belong to this group. Your next appointment with the specialist should reaffirm this. Congratulations on being a survivor. Good luck.
MarionPhoebe,
I am happy for the success you have had fighting this disease and congratulations on being a survivor. I am sure from all your reading you have found that this cancer does not play fair and treats everyone differently. Getting another opinion is a great idea. I have no other suggestions, as our situation was not like yours. I am sure others will be on board shortly who will have some helpful advice for you. I am glad you have found this site and sorry you have the need to be here having been diagnoised with CC. I am hoping for more clean margins and success in beating this horribly disease.
Darla
Hi Phoebe and welcome to the best little club in the world that no one wishes to join. Sounds like you are on the right track. I know reading all about this is very upsetting but read all you can. Its invaluable. This site is full of the most wonderful people in the world and feel free to come here to ask, advise or rant.
Please keep us posted on what is happening and our thoughts are with you.Hi
Last year I had my gallbladder removed. During the proceedure my surgeon saw a spot on my liver and pulled some tissue for a biopsy which proved to be ambiguous. I was told to get a scan in a year , advice I promptly filed away in some dark corner of my mind.
Luckily for me, my wonderful surgeon, Dr. David Wernsing of Pennsylvania Hospital, keeps a list of unresolved pathologies and called to remind me I needed the scan.
A biopsy showed the cancer and he was able to remove a small section of my liver getting clean margins. A cure, back to work in a week and all is well, right?
But then I started reading about this disease I’d never heard of before and see the survival statistics are not so great even after a successful resection.
I’m seeing another oncologist at the Hospitlal of The Univerity of Penn. next week for a second opinion and more information.
I am also a 10 year survivor of breast cancer and am lucky enough to have a wonderful supportive partner and a great support group in my BSC dragon boat team. I’m lucky as well to live in Philadelphia surrounded by top notch health facilities.
Now I want to do all I can to supplement the luck by doing all I can to stay alive and well.Anyone out there with suggestions for me?
Thanks for reading and good luck to you all
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