_________ of Steel!

Where do I begin?  Last Thursday meeting with my oncologist he suggested and hoped treatment # 5 or 11 (depending on whether you count the first round of 6 or not) would be my last chemo treatment pre surgery.  He referred me to both of my surgeons.

Monday I met with my Liver surgeon.  He said the pet scan showed 2 spots on the liver (both sites treated in the previous surgery).  He wants to take a closer look to make sure nothing has regrown.  He ordered an MRI which I will have next Wednesday.  During Surgery he will do an ultrasound on the liver itself to take care of any remaining lesions in/on the liver.  Following my appointment with him, his office tried to make an appointment with my other surgeon.  They also told me to see my Primary care doc to get my pre-op done asap. 

Tuesday I had my Pre-op with my PCP.  This went well.  The last time I had a pre-op the EKG turned out with a little fluke in it.  Nothing my Doc was concerned about then so he cleared me then and the Surgeon's office was still concerned so they made me go for a stress test.  This time the EKG turned out the same as last time. Fortunately I passed the stress test last time and the results are valid for one year.  Yea for not having to repeat that test.

Today I met with my Colo-rectal surgeon.  He went over the whole procedure explained the process and told us what to expect during and post surgery.  He explained all the risks whether large or small.  Then he took the barrage of questions we fired back at him.  He answered all questions very well and I look forward to his expertise during surgery.  He excused himself and told us his nurse would come in talk through surgery prep and would then have to talk with the nurse at my other surgeons office and schedule a time the two of them could do the surgery.  After leaving the room and waiting a few minutes He returned and explained that while he was meeting with us the 2 nurses had talked and already put a date on the schedule.  He told me the date and told me his nurse would be in shortly to go over the details.

Moments later she came in and talked over all the particulars of prep, diet the day before, Antibiotics the day before and then again told me we needed to wait 4 weeks minimum from the last chemo treatment.  Due to that waiting period and the Doctors schedules I am scheduled for surgery Friday February 22 at 1:00 p.m.  They picked that time slot so I would be in the last surgical slot of the day.  This way if there were any complications from either surgeon they would have time to complete their work carefully without having to worry about any following bookings for the OR room.  I arrive at 11 am for registration and intake.

If you haven't figured the title out by now the underline is suppose to be Nerves.  Not that mine will be the strength of steel but mine will be high for the next 4 weeks until we get to the 22 of February.

Prayers for my anxiety and nerves would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

--Kent