So worried. Dad's surgery tomorrow AM.

kathyinny
kathyinny Member Posts: 9
edited March 2014 in Esophageal Cancer #1
I am so nerrvous for my Dad's espophagectomy being performed tomorrow at Sloan Kettering by Dr. Sarkaria. He is supposed to do the minimally invasive, but he has a very large hiatal hernia and they may need to do a colon interposition. He was stage t3n1 before chemo and radiation. Follow up staging showed cancer was gone but they said they really don't know until after the surgery.

Please say prayers for my Dad. His name is Ralph and he is 67 years young!! We are very close.

Thanks,
Kathy

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  • Unknown
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  • cmn412
    cmn412 Member Posts: 69
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    Fear Not
    Thank you william as always, so comforting.


    Kathy.

    What comes to my mind is "Fear not for I am with you" and he is. Your father will be just fine, I did the surgery Feb 5th of this year and I am doing fine, I am at work now so I can't talk long.... but did you hear... . I back at work and all is well.

    It will be ok.

    with love.
    callie
  • Tina Blondek
    Tina Blondek Member Posts: 1,500 Member
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    Hello Kathy and Ralph Dear
    Hello Kathy and Ralph
    Dear Heavenly Father please be with Kathy and Ralph and their family as they have this surgery done. Please give the surgeons, drs, and nurses the knowledge they will need to make this a success. Please give them peace at this most difficult time in their lives. In Jesus' name, Amen. Please let us know how you all make out. We will be thinking and praying for you! And thank you William and Loretta, you have once again brought tears of joy to my eyes. You are some of the most loving, caring, intelligent, people I am proud to know!
    Tina
  • unclaw2002
    unclaw2002 Member Posts: 599
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    Tina Blondek said:

    Hello Kathy and Ralph Dear
    Hello Kathy and Ralph
    Dear Heavenly Father please be with Kathy and Ralph and their family as they have this surgery done. Please give the surgeons, drs, and nurses the knowledge they will need to make this a success. Please give them peace at this most difficult time in their lives. In Jesus' name, Amen. Please let us know how you all make out. We will be thinking and praying for you! And thank you William and Loretta, you have once again brought tears of joy to my eyes. You are some of the most loving, caring, intelligent, people I am proud to know!
    Tina

    Kathy and Ralph,
    William has
    Kathy and Ralph,

    William has spoken so eloquently so I will just add that my prayers and thoughts are with you tomorrow during surgery. You are indeed fortunate that you can be in a place with such a skilled surgeon helping your dad remain cancer free.

    Hugs and prayers,
    Cindy
  • kathyinny
    kathyinny Member Posts: 9
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    unclaw2002 said:

    Kathy and Ralph,
    William has
    Kathy and Ralph,

    William has spoken so eloquently so I will just add that my prayers and thoughts are with you tomorrow during surgery. You are indeed fortunate that you can be in a place with such a skilled surgeon helping your dad remain cancer free.

    Hugs and prayers,
    Cindy

    Thanks for your prayers
    I can not thank all of you enough for your kind words and prayers. We are at Sloane Kettering now awaiting for surgery to begin. I will post with an update as soon as we know something.

    Thanks!

    KAthy
  • sandy1943
    sandy1943 Member Posts: 824
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    kathyinny said:

    Thanks for your prayers
    I can not thank all of you enough for your kind words and prayers. We are at Sloane Kettering now awaiting for surgery to begin. I will post with an update as soon as we know something.

    Thanks!

    KAthy

    Praying all is going
    Praying all is going well!!!
    Sandra
  • JimsBrother
    JimsBrother Member Posts: 94
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    sandy1943 said:

    Praying all is going
    Praying all is going well!!!
    Sandra

    Praying all goes well
    I am new here, and I don't know everyone just yet. I wish you and your dad the very best. I pray that all goes well in surgery.

    Rob
  • Unknown
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    kathyinny said:

    Thanks for your prayers
    I can not thank all of you enough for your kind words and prayers. We are at Sloane Kettering now awaiting for surgery to begin. I will post with an update as soon as we know something.

    Thanks!

    KAthy

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  • Apurva32
    Apurva32 Member Posts: 13
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    Everything will be fine.
    Kathy,

    I was also operated at Memorial Sloan, however not by doctor Sarkaria but by Dr. Bains, although I did meet Dr. Sarkaria when he was covering for Dr. Bains, based on what I have heard and read he seems like a very good surgeon and I am sure your father is going to fine. I will also prey for him.

    But what is also important here is the care that your father will receive at this institution, the nursing staff and the overall patient management is very good and he will be well take care of.

    I am 33 years old now, but I was 32 when I was diagnosed with Stage II last October and it hit us like a rock when we heard the word Cancer, we had no idea where to go and what to do, but there is life after treatment and especially after Surgery. My surgery took place on April 5th and I was back to work full time in June. I am doing much better now and in spite of some occasional issue I am feeling much better.

    Let me know if you have any questions etc.

    Apurva
  • kathyinny
    kathyinny Member Posts: 9
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    unknown said:

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    Faith not FEAR..Things could not have gone better with my DAD!!!


    As Bill suggested to me I let "Faith" instead of "Fear" ride in the front seat with me yesterday!!

    My Dad's surgery took 10 hours to perform because Dr. Sarkaria had to work around the very large hiatal hernia my Dad had while attempting the minimally invasive esophagectomy. Dr. Sarkaria and his team at Sloan did a tremendous job and in the end was able to do the MIE procedure! The surgeon removed all the lymph nodes and was able to get clear margins (cancer free) on the diseased esophagus!

    My father is having a little trouble taking deep enough breaths to take the ventilator out but I am not worried because I know he will do it later today. The nurse said that it is not unusual because he was under anesthesia for so long yesterday.

    Please continue prayers and thank you so much for all your support!!
  • unclaw2002
    unclaw2002 Member Posts: 599
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    kathyinny said:

    Faith not FEAR..Things could not have gone better with my DAD!!!


    As Bill suggested to me I let "Faith" instead of "Fear" ride in the front seat with me yesterday!!

    My Dad's surgery took 10 hours to perform because Dr. Sarkaria had to work around the very large hiatal hernia my Dad had while attempting the minimally invasive esophagectomy. Dr. Sarkaria and his team at Sloan did a tremendous job and in the end was able to do the MIE procedure! The surgeon removed all the lymph nodes and was able to get clear margins (cancer free) on the diseased esophagus!

    My father is having a little trouble taking deep enough breaths to take the ventilator out but I am not worried because I know he will do it later today. The nurse said that it is not unusual because he was under anesthesia for so long yesterday.

    Please continue prayers and thank you so much for all your support!!

    Wonderful news. We will
    Wonderful news. We will keep you, your dad and your family in our prayers.
  • sandy1943
    sandy1943 Member Posts: 824
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    kathyinny said:

    Faith not FEAR..Things could not have gone better with my DAD!!!


    As Bill suggested to me I let "Faith" instead of "Fear" ride in the front seat with me yesterday!!

    My Dad's surgery took 10 hours to perform because Dr. Sarkaria had to work around the very large hiatal hernia my Dad had while attempting the minimally invasive esophagectomy. Dr. Sarkaria and his team at Sloan did a tremendous job and in the end was able to do the MIE procedure! The surgeon removed all the lymph nodes and was able to get clear margins (cancer free) on the diseased esophagus!

    My father is having a little trouble taking deep enough breaths to take the ventilator out but I am not worried because I know he will do it later today. The nurse said that it is not unusual because he was under anesthesia for so long yesterday.

    Please continue prayers and thank you so much for all your support!!

    I'm so glad the surgery went
    I'm so glad the surgery went well, and he was able to get the MIE. Keep us informed about his progress. He remains in my thoughts and prayers.
    Sandra

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