Finally after 3.2 days in what felt like it could be prison on some respects, I am finally writing this from the comfort of my living room chair that I enjoy sitting in (usually in the evening). Right now it is 12:05 pm and I have been home from the Hospital for about 30 minutes.
This morning I talked with internal medicine resident he talked about Surgical Oncology not wanting to do anything in patient so I would be released if my liver results were trending in the right direction. I saw the internal medicine doctor after my lab results came back and we chatted about the improvement in liver enzymes. What this tells everyone is the stent that was placed Monday afternoon is successful and doing its job. Later this morning a previous surgeon of mine stopped by. He stated he thought this was not a tumor but rather an enlarged Lymph node. There are 1 of 3 things it could be enlarged from. 1 metastatic Colon Cancer, 2 Some sort of Lymphoma, or 3 Simply enlarge from no cancer at all. Obviously everyone is waiting to see what the results of the biopsy is. This will tell us if this is cancer and what flavor of cancer it is or if it is not cancer.
If it is cancer he would opt to do a mix of chemo and radiation to shrink the mass prior to surgery.
I want to be honest here. Some doctors we have really great relationships with and others not so much. Also my former oncologist apparently doesn't do GI tumor cancers any longer so we can ask if he would be willing to take my case but there is a new doc in the last 7 years that specializes in GI Oncology. I saw him in the hospital. At this point assuming this is Cancer we are lookning for the best medical team of Oncology and Surgical Oncology that works for my journey...
All this is pending those pesy biopsy results.
A pastor and friend of ours reminded me that God gives us what we need for today and that we don't need to worry about tomorrow. I'm not sure I would call what I have worry. I would say I am very unsure about what my medical team would look like and that's the thing I really need to figure out quickly of course pending results.
~Kent
Praying for you and your healing. Thanks for the updates.
ReplyDeleteAren’t living room chairs special? I know mine is too. I sense a tinge of ‘been there, done that’ from you. In one sense, you could add ‘and not going back’. In another sense, perhaps it’s that even in the worst circumstances, you can take some comfort in that much of it would be somewhat familiar. Either way, you know that God is for you and with you and so are your family and friends…some in person, all in prayer.
ReplyDeleteKent we are praying that the results are in quickly to be rid of that horrible waiting. We also pray that the results show no cancer but if they do we pray God clearly lays out for you what your team should look like so that you gave the best outcomes. Also praying for Leah and Lydia too and the rest of the family as they walk this journey with you.
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