lymnods around main artery

Tina:
Exactly what kind of surgery are you talking about. Is to remove the primary in the colon or is it liver resection?

Your Jorge is just sick and tired of being sick and tired and just when he gets his hopes up someone brings him down. Unfortunately, that is the nature of this disease. Since November my George has had 7 trips to the hospital for PET, CT, 2 liver biopsies, 1 dye test for port, 2 TPN treatments to resolve port problem, yesterday insertion of his 3rd port plus 2 oncology visits and 2 chemos that could not be done. Minor stuff in the big picture but it is enough to depress anybody and in between putting on the happy face over the holidays. Well, we got through all of it, and on Monday will be chemo again. His spirits were down but he has perked up quite a bit and your Jorge will do the same. Hope this makes sense. Your Jorge will be down for a while but he will perk up also with your help.

Take care - Tina

tina dasilva said:

Colon
Tina I was talking about his colon

Hi Tina:
Oh ok, my hubby has his colon tumor removed first, 3 days after finding it via colonoscopy, even though he had liver and lung mets. His tumor was in the transverse colon and was quite large so that is the reason they did it first so it didn't cause complications like blockage. He started chemo 4 weeks later.

See what the surgeon says and then weigh your options. You will need to stop chemo for several weeks at surgery time so you will have a lot to think about. I hate it when I hear people talk about doctors not agreeing so make sure you get both on the same page.

Take care - Tina

Surgery
You will get through this and if they feel they are getting out the tumors it is the best thing then they will do all they can do even if the lymph nodes are involved. It sounds like you have doctors that are communicating with each other and things seem to be going according to plan. Your doctor has probably and surely dealt with this situation before. Hope that all goes well. Keep us updated.

Kim

herdizziness said:

Colon Surgeon
The most wonderful thing about a colon surgeon, is, that is all they do!! Surgery on the
Colon!!! Which means their experts in their fields, which means no matter the dire possible
complications, 99.9 percent of the time everything goes fantastic, when it is a colon surgeon doing the colon surgery.
Sure, to the oncologist doctor it's complicated, heck, he isn't a surgeon, he's just the guy
that's prescribing your chemo.
So both of you slow down with these worries!!!!
Go see the colon surgeon on the 18th, and come away feeling good. Before my surgery, I was given all the possibilities, "you can bleed out, etc., etc., then they follow up with,
"But I've been doing this for years and it hasn't happened yet so your chances are highly unlikely that something awful will happen to you."
And I believed them, and yep had the surgeries, and yep, still here, healing slowly but nicely.
It's OKAY!!! It'll be OKAY!!!!
Winter Marie

and Tina......
the Lady just above me is living proof that this is beatable as anything else is...we simply have to weather the storm until it passes......Love to all of you, Buzz

Kathleen808 said:

Tina
Tina,
Everyone has said it so well. The colon surgeon does surgery in this area all the time. ****'s two surgeries were quite hard but he had excellent surgeons both times. Keep your hope up. I am praying for you and Jorge.

Aloha,
Kathleen

Sending positive vibes your
Sending positive vibes your way. Gob Bless.... Petrina

Tina
Jorge is just "going through the motions" of talking out death...it's just a coping mechanism that we all use when we "think" that our time may be at hand.

Somehow, when we say "we are going to die" it seems to get it out of our system and into reality that this might happen.

Jorge needs to use this as an alarm bell - to hone his senses, get his feelings out, and then settle down and then do the surgery and see how that all goes. Too many successful surgeries are done on the board everyday.

This is new to Jorge and he is still new at what he is feeling...just let him get it out and then prop him back up and move him forward.

We can't worry about dying too much until we have fought long and hard and exhausted all of our options. Options still abound with Jorge and if the surgeon feels good about it, then both of you should feel good about it.

I've had many majors and made it through - and Winter is our latest classic example of a success story.

Jorge is really scared because he's walking down the "Path of the Unknown." And that's a scary road to walk down when you have not walked it before.

Eventually, he'll buck up and come to terms with this and realize that a good surgical chance is a Million Dollar Ticket - it's what we all fight for. No time to run from it, rather it's time to embrace it and meet the challenge head on.

I've mentioned before that you both will come through this and wonder how you did it.

Don't shirk from the responsibility - go head long, full force, and attack. One day there will be a different kind of post from you - one that reports a successful story and bright new future.

Now, tell Jorge, it will be alright - and it will, Tina.

-Craig

sasjourney said:

Keep positive thoughts and don't give up
Tina,

I know it is hard, but try to stay positive and keep going forward. I know how Jorge feels and it is all so overwhelming at times and, yes, we all think about death sometimes, too. I have a good cry and then get back up and keep fighting and living each day. Jorge needed to get the anxiety and emotions out and now he can continue to move forward. He is so blessed to have you by his side. Don't give up...things will get better.

Hugs,
Sara

Tina, l don't understand your post ,probably due to my bad
English ,so let me do some questions , if you are talking about colon what has it to do with lymph nodes? , concerning to lymph nodes all of us have lymph nodes close to main arteries so I understand the nodes you are talking must be affected by cancer and must be removed is that right? even that why not operate the primary cancer and then see other options for nodes ( there are)?The onc words where in agreement with surgeon or just it's own opinion?Onc use to be much less optimistic than surgeons concerning to surgery!.Did you already speak to surgeon?.Conncerning to Jorge's worries and argues about dying , l do it nearly every week with my wife since two years ago and her answer is..... laughing and laughing and l must tell you that l appreciate it!.
Obviously is a hard surgery as it is liver or any other major surgery but....look Winter Marie! That was a big big big one and yesterday she was sweeping her house! hahahaha!.
Cheer up Tina!