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Hello Richard,
I have found myself asking many of the same questions that you have expressed over these last almost two years since Dawn
Dawn had this situation about 6 mos. after her resection. Some abdominal pain was involved as well. There was never any determination of an exact cause. The thought at the time was that it was caused by scar tissue from the surgery blocking the reconstructed bile duct. New scans were done at that time
Dawn had her resection done at Rush University Hospital Chicago. Dr Stanton Dodson, a liver transplant specialist that did over 200 Liver transplants in 2005. Another respected gastro surgeon in this area is Dr. Kevin Rogin at the University Of Chicago Hospitals. We have met him and he did some exploratory surgery for Dawn about six month ago
Hello Lee,
I shall offer my prayers that your friend is able to have a successful resection. It is a shame that she had to wait an extra week to have a stent inserted. I vividly recall the suffering Dawn endured from the incessant itching. My wife Dawn is 20 months post resection, her CT scans last month were clear. Dawn
Hello J. Young
In general, this is not a rapidly growing type of cancer. My wife had surgery almost one month after diagnosis. It was not definately determined that her tumor was or was not operable until the surgeon started the surgery and viewed the tumor. We consulted with an oncologist after her successful liver resection. The position of the malignancy (within the liver, near the pancreas, or somewhere in between) may indicate to the surgeon it’s potential for resection, I’m not sure. Dawn’s was a Klatskin’s tumor on the bile duct within the liver. I would suggest you ask the surgeon why he feels it is inoperable.
Our prayers to you and you mother.
Richard
God bless you Jeff, I’m sure your outlook on this disease, and on life has been a big factor in the success you have had against this beast. I’m praying for that success to continue.
Richard
Hello Diane
I can relate to some of this. Dawn was over overdosed with fentanyl and was in and out of consciousness the first 4 days after her liver resection. She was also very swollen in her extremities. They gave her narcan one night and she went into terrible hallucinations, it was fortunate that I was there with her. It did finally bring her out of the unconsciousness the next morning. Her 12 days in the hospital after surgery were very unpleasant. She also had acute kidney failure just after the surgery. I feel the combined factors of reduced liver and kidney function had a lot to do with the swelling and consciousness problems. They did not seem to know to adjust the pain killers to allow for reduced liver function. I have no definite facts to base this opinion on, other than a discussion with another surgeon months later.
Our prayers are with you.
Richard
