A few weeks ago my mother was placed on a waiting list for the removal of the tumor in her head. Sadly, this also meant that the procedure to start treating the tumor in her lung would be postponed. (This because it’s done by a different hospital, and because the treatment will most likely leave her weak, and incapable of undergoing brain surgery.) Today we got some good news, if all goes well her surgery is scheduled for the 24th of this month, at which time they’re going to try and remove as much of the tumor in head as possible, and on the basis of what they remove do a definitive biopsy. The surgery is not without its dangers, of course, since the tumor is woven with the surrounding brain-tissue, and some light brain damage is not outside of the realm of possibilities.
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Great news! I hope the operation goes well.
The sooner the better. It’s a good turn that they’ll look into it soon.
Good to hear. Best of luck to your mom for the surgery.
Fingers crossed, Dennis. Fingers crossed.
YAY! Crossing my fingers for a succesful second operation.
Thanks, Joasia. I’m crossing all my fingers and my toes for that, too.
In the meantime, I heard that apparently, the spots found on her liver were normal discolorations of the flesh of the liver. Apparently, that happens, too. They’re going to double-check with the pathologist who did the puncture to make sure he didn’t miss the spots in question, and got some healthy flesh instead.
Double-checking is good. Might be worth it to ask them even to send the samples they took to another pathologist – just to make sure. A friend of mine is one and she always says that what one person sees under the microscope differs from what another person does. But the important thing is that they cannot say any longer that they won’t operate. Uff.
Well, the operating won’t be done by the hospital that made the initial diagnosis because they’re not equipped to do that. They did, however, refuse to even consider outsourcing that operation. My mom said “fuck that” and went to the hospital who were going to have to do the operation anyhow, and got her second opinion. They never refused, though it is common practice not to operate in the case of lung-cancer that has spread.
Regarding the second opinion on the sample they took; they’re not really concerned that they misjudged the sample, the only (fleeting) concern that they want to double-check is that they took a sample from the right spot in her liver.
Good to hear some good news on this. And I can imagine it is quite some relief for Jody, Robin and you at the least.
*thumbs up*
Oh man, that is good news. Very happy to hear it. :)
That’s wonderful, Dayve! Oh, finally some better news. Your family is in my thoughts. Best wishes.
Thank god. Keep going, Dennis.
Oh hell yes. Glad to hear that there might finally be a bit of good news about it all.