Re: liver,colon re-section

[Guest guest]

Hi Dale,

I just wanted to wish you all the best with your operation.

Your prior posts and this one have given me hope that this latest

treatment will work for my Mom as well and she may be able to have

RFA done on the 3 tumors in her liver. She's been fighting this

monster for a little over 2 years and on her 3rd type of treatment.

Best of luck with everything and thank you for sharing.

God Bless You,

Kat

> I have had an encouraging visit with Dr. Ardalan at the Sylvester

Cancer

> Center at university of MIami on thurs. I have been on oxali,xeloda

since Oct and

> there has been no progression of the mets to my liver and a lung

tumor has

> disappeared. >

[Guest guest]

Dale,

This is major surgery.My husband was 34 at the time he did the liver

resection.He was in the hospital about 10 days and back at work two weeks later

at mainly a desk job.

You should ask about the J-Pouch surgery.Are you in Miami? One of the best guys

in the country for the J-pouch is at Cleveland Clinic,Weston( Dr. Weiss) he

did my husband's.With this you only need the bag for a couple of months.

A complete recovery from these big surgeries can take longer(putting the weight

back on and the general fatigue associated with the liver surgery)so don't get

discouraged.This is your best chance.Best of luck.We are in S.Florida also if

you need any other info.

Peace,

Mark's Wife

liver,colon re-section

I have had an encouraging visit with Dr. Ardalan at the Sylvester Cancer

Center at university of MIami on thurs. I have been on oxali,xeloda since Oct

and

there has been no progression of the mets to my liver and a lung tumor has

disappeared. He will be putting me on the fudr treatment which will be done as

an

overnite hospital admission hoping for a reduction of the liver mets. I have

a 9cm tumor in the left lobe with a smaller one near it and another smaller

one in the right lobe. He felt that they could remove enough of the right lobe

to get both of those tumors and take a wedge out of the right lobe. He

believed

that they could leave approxiametly 30% of healthy liver. He htought the

surgeon would also do the colon re-section at the same time. I have been

seeing a

private onc for 13 months and all I have ever heard from him is " inoperable "

and " incurable " . This strongly reinforces the importance of going to a major

cancer center! I want to ask the group what their recovery times have been

from

liver re-sections. I know this will be very major surgery. I don't know if I

will need a bag or not. I don't have any short-term disability and am

wondering

if I should be applying for soc.sec. disability. I feel that if I can return

to work in 6-8 weeks I would not apply. I havn't talked to the doc about

recovery time yet. can anyone share their recovery experiences with me? Thanks

to

all of the great people on this group. I have learned more from this group

than

anywhere else during this journey. Dale

[Guest guest]

Dale,

I wish you the best with your surgery, we'll keep you in our prayers!

You asked about applying for disability social security.

Unfortunately, we've become all too familiar with this benefit

process, not due to my husband's cancer, but to his spinal cord

injury 6 years ago. If you're thinking about it at all, apply

immediately.(Even though you aren't eligible for 6 months)You then

have to be unable to do any type of work for a minimum of 6 months

before you can collect(this is not retroactive)and the doctors

statement must state that they expect you to be unable to do ANY kind

of work for at least a full year or more. Usually this involves

several doctors statements and examinations of various

types.Disability Social Security, unfortunately, is not designed to

replace short-term disability insurance, it is meant for long-term

and permanent disabilities. Another option for short-term assistance

that some people don't think about is " borrowing " from their life

insurance,many companies will let you do this for severe illnesses

(like cancer).

I wish you only the best!!

> I have had an encouraging visit with Dr. Ardalan at the Sylvester

Cancer

> Center at university of MIami on thurs. I have been on oxali,xeloda

since Oct and

> there has been no progression of the mets to my liver and a lung

tumor has

> disappeared. He will be putting me on the fudr treatment which will

be done as an

> overnite hospital admission hoping for a reduction of the liver

mets. I have

> a 9cm tumor in the left lobe with a smaller one near it and another

smaller

> one in the right lobe. He felt that they could remove enough of the

right lobe

> to get both of those tumors and take a wedge out of the right lobe.

He believed

> that they could leave approxiametly 30% of healthy liver. He

htought the

> surgeon would also do the colon re-section at the same time. I have

been seeing a

> private onc for 13 months and all I have ever heard from him

is " inoperable "

> and " incurable " . This strongly reinforces the importance of going

to a major

> cancer center! I want to ask the group what their recovery times

have been from

> liver re-sections. I know this will be very major surgery. I don't

know if I

> will need a bag or not. I don't have any short-term disability and

am wondering

> if I should be applying for soc.sec. disability. I feel that if I

can return

> to work in 6-8 weeks I would not apply. I havn't talked to the doc

about

> recovery time yet. can anyone share their recovery experiences with

me? Thanks to

> all of the great people on this group. I have learned more from

this group than

> anywhere else during this journey. Dale

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dale:

I am very glad to hear you have had some encouraging visits. Thank

you for sharing your story, as it really reinforces the need to seek

alternative opinions, and to seek advice at a major cancer centre.

I am sorry I can't help you with your questions, but there are

several here that can and I'll watch for their posts to see that you

get some feedback.

Best of luck to you. Keep us posted.

Laurie