HIPEC surgical consult tomorrow

RobinF
RobinF Member Posts: 17
in Colorectal Cancer #1

I have an appt with Dr Gary Mann at Univ of Washington Medical Center tomorrow to talk about HIPEC, in my dreams I'll walk out of there with a surgery date. :) From all my reading and in the opinion of my med onc, I'm a good candidate For HIPEC.  I have a ton of anxiety over the appt and am terrified, the surgeon won't agree  and he'll say no.  Ive got it in my head that HIPEC is my only curative option.

A little bit about me..... dx with stage IV 9/14 with peritoneal mets last fall, surgery to remove primary tumor at time of diagnosis.  I've got 8 of 12 FOLFOX6 treatments under my belt - 2 and 4 months scans are clear (mets were always really too small to confirm on scan but were visually seen during initial surgery. 

I hope I can get some sleep and I dont get disappointed tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Comments

  • jen2012
    jen2012 Member Posts: 1,607 Member
    #2
    I hope you got some sleep and

    I hope you got some sleep and good luck today!

  • RobinF
    RobinF Member Posts: 17
    #3
    jen2012 said:

    I hope you got some sleep and

    I hope you got some sleep and good luck today!

    HIPEC is a go!

    Surgeon agreed, I'm a good candidate for HIPEC! Woohoo!

     

    Surgery will be in late May. So happy and relieved. 

     

    On to the next phase of killing the beast!

     

  • jen2012
    jen2012 Member Posts: 1,607 Member
    #4
    RobinF said:

    HIPEC is a go!

    Surgeon agreed, I'm a good candidate for HIPEC! Woohoo!

     

    Surgery will be in late May. So happy and relieved. 

     

    On to the next phase of killing the beast!

     

    Very happy you got the news

    Very happy you got the news you were hoping for!  Congrats!

  • traci43
    traci43 Member Posts: 773 Member
    #5
    RobinF said:

    HIPEC is a go!

    Surgeon agreed, I'm a good candidate for HIPEC! Woohoo!

     

    Surgery will be in late May. So happy and relieved. 

     

    On to the next phase of killing the beast!

     

    Congrats!

    I hope it does the trick.  Traci

  • Easyflip
    Easyflip Member Posts: 588 Member
    #6
    Thats great

    Robin! Let's kill those little buggers with hot chemo! I know others who have had good results with HIPEC. Now let's start dreaming NED : ) I completely believe in the power of positive thinking, keep marching forward!

    Easyflip/Richard

     

Discussion Boards