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Liver resection went great!

Easyflip
Easyflip CSN Member Posts: 588 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1

Thank you everyone for your prayers, good vibes and well wishes, the surgery went off without a hitch and I'm doing fine. The docs are very happy, good margins (they check before they close me up- I didn't know that,) only 1 met and no other concerns when they poked around. I have an epidural in now, IV Tylenol and oxycodone (my personal favorite!) for pain so I'm pretty comfortable. I want to say again thank you for your support, I didn't feel alone on that table and that means a lot to me. I even dreamt last night walking my daughter down the aisle at her wedding! That's a good sign however the groom was not her current boyfriend whom I'm not crazy about and she wasn't too happy about that! Ha!

Thanks again,

Richard/ Easyflip

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  • annalexandria
    annalexandria CSN Member Posts: 2,571 Member
    #2
    Great news!

    So glad to hear surgery went well.

    And that dream is funny!  I have the sneaking feeling that it's going to come true!

    Oh btw, I found that term I mentioned, for a situation like yours with only one met.  It's called 

    Oligometastasis.

    It's considered a curative subset of the stage 4 population.

    Big hugs!  AA

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  • Momof2plusteentwins
    Momof2plusteentwins CSN Member Posts: 509 Member
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    Richard

    Yay, so glad surgery went well.  I also have had only 1 liver met 2 years 4 months ago and so far I have stayed NED.  You will be walking your daughter down the aisle, she just hasn't met the groom yet, lol.  Take care, surgery over, time for recovery.

    Sandy

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  • Nana b
    Nana b CSN Member Posts: 3,030 Member
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    Momof2plusteentwins said:

    Richard

    Yay, so glad surgery went well.  I also have had only 1 liver met 2 years 4 months ago and so far I have stayed NED.  You will be walking your daughter down the aisle, she just hasn't met the groom yet, lol.  Take care, surgery over, time for recovery.

    Sandy

    Way to go!  Keep up he

    Way to go!  Keep up he positive energy flow and those great dreams. We need to steer our kids somehow. :)

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  • Phil64
    Phil64 CSN Member Posts: 838 Member
    #5
    Great tI read this wonderful

    Great tI read this wonderful update. I hope the epidural works as well as it did on me and pain remains minimal. Now remember to do the breathing exercises -- I know from experience how important that simple exercise is. And walk walk walk as much as you can. :-)

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  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 CSN Member Posts: 2,215 Member
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    That's great news Richard.

    That's great news Richard. Thanks for posting so soon. You posting the following day from liver surgery tells me you are doing very well. I know after 3 liver surgeries of my own.

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  • Yolllmbs
    Yolllmbs CSN Member Posts: 360 Member
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    janderson1964 said:

    That's great news Richard.

    That's great news Richard. Thanks for posting so soon. You posting the following day from liver surgery tells me you are doing very well. I know after 3 liver surgeries of my own.

    So happy

    Boy those medication dreams are like revelations!  I'm so happy everything went well. Clear margins are always a good thing. I'll stop the dancing but keep up the prayers and chicken swinging. 

     

    Yolanda

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  • Cathleen Mary
    Cathleen Mary CSN Member Posts: 827 Member
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    Yolllmbs said:

    So happy

    Boy those medication dreams are like revelations!  I'm so happy everything went well. Clear margins are always a good thing. I'll stop the dancing but keep up the prayers and chicken swinging. 

     

    Yolanda

    Wow! It is great to hear from

    Wow! It is great to hear from you so soon after.  So happy for you and for your family. Hopefully, someday your daughter will laugh at your dream and you will be happy with the groom :-)

    Think NED!

    CM

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  • YoVita
    YoVita CSN Member Posts: 590 Member
    #9
    Great news!

    AA is right.  One met is very good for prognosis.  I had the same thing but in the lung.  You'll be walking your daughter down the aisle - hopefully with someone you're happy to "give" her away to.  Now rest up.

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  • JanetRotundo
    JanetRotundo CSN Member Posts: 13
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    So happy for you! Continued

    So happy for you! Continued prayers for a speedy recovery and discharge from the hospital!

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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 CSN Member Posts: 6,744 Member
    #11
    Awesome

    So wonderful to hear that great news.  Glad that everything went well with your surgery and glad you got your preference of drugs :)  Wishing you a speedy recovery and a coming home soon "party".  Weird thing about the dream though - wow maybe you got some special gift Wink.  Thank you for such a quick update.  Prayers continue for a good outcome.

    Kim

     

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  • maglets
    maglets CSN Member Posts: 2,576 Member
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    Annabelle41415 said:

    Awesome

    So wonderful to hear that great news.  Glad that everything went well with your surgery and glad you got your preference of drugs :)  Wishing you a speedy recovery and a coming home soon "party".  Weird thing about the dream though - wow maybe you got some special gift Wink.  Thank you for such a quick update.  Prayers continue for a good outcome.

    Kim

     

    Richard

    oh well done you.....sailing through that surgery.....so so happy that is behind you with clean margins......all the very best......mags

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  • UncleBuddy
    UncleBuddy CSN Member Posts: 1,019 Member
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    Woohoo!

    I'm glad all went well! Wishing you NED!

    Lin

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