I have been laid up pretty much on and off since just past Thanksgiving. It started with a pain in my back which quickly charged through to under my lower right rib cage.
I knew the gall stones were there but kept putting off taking time off to get the offending organ removed. Big Mistake. A systemic infection had formed around them and blocked bile from traveling.
Two operations later I was sans gall bladder and recovering when I was hit with the bomb that carcinoma was found by Pathology. A smack in my already sore stomach.
We didn't waste any time with the local hospital but went directly to the oncologist in Boston who did so well with the lymphoma. Her voice told me this was not going to be anything like the treatment I have received, much worse.
Oh, great.
She referred me to the GI Oncologist, who, on the same evening we met, referred us to the surgical oncologist. A blink and a nod and I was in surgery having a bit of my liver removed.
That's where we stand now. Same stage. The next visit is in May to see if it has spread and how badly.
So, now I have a halfway decent excuse to be negligent with my blog entries.
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