Life Extension Magazine: Preventing Surgery-Induced Cancer Metastasis December 2009

http://www.lifeextension.com/Magazine/2009/12/Preventing-Surgery-Induced-Cancer-Metastasis/Page-01

If I had it to over again, I would have asked my surgeon about getting a prescription for Tagamet (I have known about this for a while but didn't get to it). Doing things remotely has its disadvantages. That article was from a while ago and I think that best surgical practices have improved quite a bit since then.

My notes on using Hibiclens:

I did the Hibiclens and it was a little trickier than I thought it would be. I did read the directions but my conclusion is that you need to make sure that you have several complete changes of clean clothes that completely cover you from the neck down (for sleeping and maybe daywear). Then you also need a bunch of towels and/or facecloths.

And you need some flexibility and/or some core strength or someone to help you apply the stuff as you have to apply a quarter-sized spot on the facecloth all over your body. The back may be a hard area to get to and it may be tricky doing the legs as you either have to lift the legs or bend down to do them or some combination of both. I assume that you get better at the process as you keep doing it (a total of four times). My wife prepared a bed with clean sheets and I'll be sleeping in that bed for the next two nights. I'll be at the hotel for the third night and they should provide clean sheets. The directions state only clean sheets on the third night.

Dear Mike, The guy I am praying to has answered many of my prayers and

I know he will do the same for you. All you have to do is take a small step of faith and believe

he can and will do it for you. Please read my story on my blog entitled "How I Beat Stage Four

Colon Cancer." God bless you and yours      blessed39

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Good to hear from you. Let us know how it went and how you're doing when you feel up to it.

Grace/lizard44

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Thank you for taking the time. Now go heal, and we'll be here when you return. 

Tru

airborne72 said:

A Man of Few Words

Good to hear from you.  Catch your breath and rest, as best you can.  And, keep a watchful eye out for the nurse who may want to give you a blood thinner injection - in the stomach.

Inevitably, just as soon as I found a comfortable position and tried to mentally escape from the confines of a hospital bed the nurse would come in a jab me in the stomach, which renewed my pain cycle.  Oh well, pain is inconvenient while blood clots are life threatening.

We are all anxious to hear your story Mike.  Glad you made it through.

Jim

I don't know whether the heparin they used on me was bovine or porcine derived, but as often as they jabbed me I was half afraid I'd be mooing or oinking before they discharged me 

Mike - Praying that all went well.  Looking forward to you coming back to the boards and letting us know how you are doing.

Kim

lizard44 said:

Ah, yes, the heparin shots in the belly

I don't know whether the heparin they used on me was bovine or porcine derived, but as often as they jabbed me I was half afraid I'd be mooing or oinking before they discharged me 

I showed the nurse your posts and he chuckled but said that he didn’t eat pork and I said that I didn’t as well. So he is getting me the bovine tomorrow. He injects it n the thigh.

Darcher should start cranking things up today. The runway on this process can take your mind off the surgery.

BRHMichigan said:

You made it!

Have been thinking of and praying for you, Mike.  Look forward to hearing more from you as you are able.  The non-opioid pain meds sound very promising.  

As for ostomies...I could discuss all day long.  LOL.  Was my biggest fear and is now more of a 'friend.'  I just hate that it compounds are cancer experience.  As if we don't have enough to deal with.

Take care and hope the nurses are taking great care of you.

--Beth

Thanks for your prayers. The list can be long here. I spoke to the surgeon and it was difficult but successful. She seems to be a rockstar here as a lot of people appare work for her. Regional lymph nodes out to pathology and they were labeled suspicious so we’ll know for sure but possibility of Stage2. Ive learned not to get your hopes up in this game though. I’m not up to using the laptop. I picked up my bag and shouldn’t have as it was about 20 pounds. I was offered oxicodone and took Tylenol. Pain can be bad when I move and especially cough. I want to write but it’s difficult.