I met my surgeon on November 26. Dr. Ellis is amazing. He is positive and upbeat and confident that we can manage this.
On Tuesday 12/4 I go in for surgery to remove the section of my colon that is housing the primary tumor. Dr. Ellis will be able to reach it primarily laparoscopically with minimal hand assistance. He is also confident that I will not need an ostomy, which is incredible! I will be inpatient 3-5 days.
Other questions:
- He is not going after other tumors at this time.
- He is fairly confident what is right next to my pancreas is in lymph nodes and not the pancreas. My EGD with biopsies is set for 11/29 to find out for sure.
- He would not be surprised if we end up doing some targeted chemo for the liver tumors as they are in both nodes. I got to see my scans today! But time will tell.
Cancer x 3 