A curates egg

It's been while I haven't read your posts and missed your sence of humor, I'm happy most of mets are stable, when my Dr told me I must have emergency neph, everyone was worried but I was happy because I believed there is hope that they want to do the surgery, sometimes it's too late or the patient's body can't manage to handle the surgery. So I agree the news of coming surgery is good, wishing you successful and uneventful surgery.

Forough

I'll have to look that one up. Hey, I'm just an outsider but I kind of understand these things and have had experience with them from a professional to a personal perspective. Here's what I see.

First, Your terrible side effects have been decreased. As long as we are alive, it's nice to feel that way too. Advantage you.

Second, it depends on where that 4cm met is, but radiation is working good for a lot of people now. There is nothing easier.

Third, if you need a hip, and maybe if you need that tumor removed, maybe they can take care of both the same time. Now let me tell you that in my career, the easiest job was rehabing total hip replacement patients. So as a patient, if you have to go through something, a THR is the way to go. The regained mobility can be like magic. Your whole life will get better. The large tumor will be addressed, you finally found an effective tolerable drug, AND your doctors must think that at the very least, you are salvagable!

You've had tough breaks but I sense a momentum change.

We got a call from the surgeon today who wants to schedule to take his kidney out on the 30th... we are so happy to have gotten that call because, just like Foroughsh said, it means looking forward, doing it while he's still healthy and can tolerate it better.  I'd like to think they don't waste resources on people who will not benefit from it, so maybe this new team is seeing him as a person with a future versus the first doctor who just kind of shuffled us off.

Friday we have a meeting to see what exactly we're doing.

cakelady said:

Our own bit of good news, too!!

We got a call from the surgeon today who wants to schedule to take his kidney out on the 30th... we are so happy to have gotten that call because, just like Foroughsh said, it means looking forward, doing it while he's still healthy and can tolerate it better.  I'd like to think they don't waste resources on people who will not benefit from it, so maybe this new team is seeing him as a person with a future versus the first doctor who just kind of shuffled us off.

 

Friday we have a meeting to see what exactly we're doing.

Great to hear from you! 

Can this Darth Tumor be surgically removed?

And fully agree with everyone that hip replacement signals assurance that you be here for a long time! :-) Congrats! :-)

Footstomper said:

Darth Tumour

His destiny is not clear to me at the moment. That will be discussed at the next meeting. My Dr and his team seem quite sanguine about it, but its not in their lung is it?

Now, that is funny!

I am happy to hear that you did have some good news.l Cause for celebration I feel. With your sense of humor and attitude, your hip surgery will be a piece of cake.  Be well sir and enjoy your holidays.  Nancy

Great news for the most part. Darth Tumor, I like it, and as for the surgery you are right if they plan on giving you a new hip they figure you are going to be around a long time.