Post Microwave ablation

I've been away from the boards awhile, dealing with the after effects of this surgery. I was told at first that I was going to have the Y90 procedure or possibly the TACE which is beads either laced with chemo or radiation inserted in the liver to get rid of liver tumors. I had six tumors.

I posted previously that the doctor kept changing things on me without asking or telling me. I was diligent and still it was all changed at the last minute to the microwave ablation without discussing it with me. I don't understand why... I begged for information about the procedure and after effects but hardly got anything and what info I did get was "prettied up", cannot at the moment think of what else to call what I was told.

I digress...so 2 weeks ago today I underwent the procedure/surgery. I was put to sleep under general anesthesia on a CT table...interesting enough. So the Dr took large needles and inserted them into the sites where the tumors were, guided by the CT imaging. SIX times!!! He evidently had to go through my ribs. I don't know how deep he went but from my pain that I've had, I would say it was fairly deep. All but one of the sites was right under my right breast and one was right at my stomach. That was the only one that he was not sure that he got it all. So evidently he thinks he got most of everything that was in my liver.

Fantastic right? I am to have a MRI I think in about 2-3 weeks.

So I have had some truly incredible pain. I still have pain and it hurts to take a deep breath. He in no way shape or form expressed that I would have this kind of pain. I am not taking too many oxycodones anymore but they didn't help that much anyway. I cannot sleep or get comfortable lying down in any position. Tuesday I went in to see the Physicians assistant because he was out of town because I was in so much pain. She did a CT and said everything looked good, so that is great. She said I need to do breathing exercises because my lungs are not fully expanded, yeah I cannot take deep breaths very easily.

For sure this has been a big deal, I am cautiously optimistic about it all. It's just that I feel so wretched, have not been able to get out of this house, walk outside or go grocery shopping because of pain and shortness of breath. That doctor certainly neglected to warn me that there could possibly be this much pain and debilation. Oh well, I guess it's the way it's going to be for awhile.

I'm not meaning to sound ungrateful and negative, I guess I do. I guess I'm just afraid that whatever the status of the cancer is, I'm going to feel crappy for a long time and I didn't want to spend months recovering from this. He said that this procedure would give me possibly another 1-2 years? That's pretty vague. I cannot wait to get to speak to him again.

I AM grateful, I'm just very frustrated with this doctor. It's like I thought I was going to have my appendix out and woke up and had open heart surgery. Make sense?