8 Days

I have been home for roughly 8 days.  A lot has happened in those 8 days including my first drive (to the car wash of all places).  If you know me you know I love a clean car.  Since I was driving, and I needed a destination, and I thought the car was dirty,  I decided to make the trip to the carwash during rush hour.  Not the best time of day to go I do agree, but we made it there and back all in one piece. 

Although exciting the drive is probably not the biggest news of the week. That news came yesterday.  Tumor Board meets on Thursday mornings first thing and is a group of people consisting of Oncologists, Radiation people, Surgical Oncology Doctors ( I.E. my surgeon).  I got a call from my surgeon's office around 10 am Thursday in regards to that morning’s Tumor Board.  I wasn't expecting the call so I wasn't able to process the information fast enough to respond with questions but I will have opportunity to ask questions later.  They had a large discussion on my case with many opinions.  The suggested treatment path forward is Radiation along with an Oral Chemo.  I will meet with many people to ask all my questions and get my treatment plan solidified  1. I will be referred to have a PET scan.  2. I will be referred to have a consult with a Doc working in Radiation. 3. I will have a post Op appointment on Tuesday with my Surgeon.  There is an option to remove the rest of the Cancer Surgically.  However we don't know what that would look like post-surgery and having just been through surgery, I don't know how badly I want to jump into surgery again after recovering from this abdominal surgery especially if they reroute the plumbing.

Obviously this brings more questions than answers and feels a little to me like were starting over.  Same disease different treatment and once again I don't know how it looks or feels.  Needless to say I'm eager to get consults done so I can start getting answers as to what my future treatment looks like.

~ Kent