Open lung surgery colon mets - today - pls keep Fingers x-ed

Chelsea71 said:

Finger are very crossed!!!
Finger are very crossed!!! Good luck.

Chelsea

Thank you, Chelsea!

steveandnat said:

Fingers and toes crossed

The pain may not be as bad since it is being done less invasive. I'll keep him in my prayers that all goes well with very little pain. Jeff

Thank you everyone! must have helped-he's out and in his room, joked a little and is sleeping now :-) surgery was normal invasive from what I understand. Open cut on the side and wedge resection. but I haven't spoken to a doctor yet so I don't know what they found and if they could take everything out. 

Hi everybody,

Thank you for keeping your fingers crossed - it helped a lot. My boyfriend had open lung surgery on Tuesday. I was expecting pretty rough days because I was told that its a surgery that causes a lot of pain. My boyfriend went through it in a breeze, got up the next day, did not take painpills during the day, had visitors he entertained and was very upbeat. Wednesday he had minimal-invasive liver ablation on one spot and recovered well until Thursday. He has actually been getting bored and will come home on Sunday. Since I took an unpaid leave from work for two months when we learned about his lung mets, I got to be with him every day morning to night (and to see how strong he actually is - i really admire him for it).

prior to surgery they told us that they assume that the right lung has 3-4 mets. The surgeon only found two nodules through palpation and only one seems to be cancerous. For now they got everything out. 

In about four weeks he will have his second open lung surgery on the left side if the scan does not show any changes. Keeping my fingers crossed and for now I will enjoy all the time I will have with him being of work. He can't be kept from going back to the office on Monday - but he loves his job so that's good. 

Thank you so much! 

Trubrit said:

Humour

Can't beat a good sense of humor. I'm so glad that your boyfriend is doing so well, both physically and emotionally. 

My two boys tell me that humour heals, I think they are on to somethihng. Of course, they go a bit too far sometimes, but I know it because they are scared. 

You and your boyfriend will be in my prayers.  

I agree. Humor and attitude seems to chanlots lot, including the people, doctors and friends around the patient. You will be in my prayers, too. Thank you for your post! 

Hooley said:

Same

Tkyou fr sharing.   How any mm were the lung mets.  I have one in left lung 20mm and three in right. Rage 44mm.  After 3 years of chemo just starting to shrink.  Initial lung specalst said couldn't op.   thoracic surgeon at week said could key hole left but prob have to cut right side fir right ones cos of large one. Sad 50% chance of nerve damage which can be quite painful but can live with on medication!   Love to know more from u.  Size, location etc  Very promsing.    Did they have to cut ribs?

Hi hooley, Sorry for answering so late. Sometimes I miss replies. 

They are doing both sides in open surgery and not key hole although they could have. His surgeons said that they would prefer to palpate to find anything they didn't see on the scan. In the first surgery they took wedges from the upper and lower lobe. The nodules were both smaller than 20mm. He hasn't had a lot of trouble with the surgery yet and they didn't cut any ribs. On the other side, on which they are planning to do surgery in a couple of weeks, there is controversy. One met is 1.5 cm and located in the upper lobe. The surgeons want to take the entire lobe, while the oncologists want it done minimal invasively with ablation. we have not figured out what the right way to go is. He also has a small lesion in the lower lobe which the surgeons want to take in a wedge (the other option is again ablation). I hope this answers some questions. Why do your doctors have trouble with resecting? Because of the location?

best

patricia