Cancer, Before I die

Tomorrow they talk to me to make sure I have a good support team before I start the Chemo. sadly the Tumor has grown 3cm in last 5 days which is pretty bad.. and th Cyst is now at 13cm from 4cm at the end of the draining.. Friday I have a stint to keep my kidney flowing.. fun fun

support team ?

you got NSMB / NBR backin' ya buddy .

let's kick this thing !

haha That I do. :couple:

well my world has changed. They are going to do open surgery and cut out everything possible. Oct 20 all my Cyst and tumors. 3-4 Surgeons 5-7 Hours Surgery.. fanntastic

That's good right? I mean if I had cancer I'd want that shit cut out asap.

make sure you show up with enough beerz for the docs and nurses . . . they appreciate that kinda shit .

like for them to drink and high five after they done cutting and sewing .

Surgery is good most of the time as it will allow shorter chemo treatments and also lower doses in general but not always the case. In my case, it would've been like an open heart surgery (completely cutting the cage in half) but would've also killed me so it wasn't an option. They just gave me the strongest chemo they could get away with without killing me…

Ross, it sounds like you will have a great team there for you. I would assume recovery from the surgery is easier then the Chemo since it will only be soft tissue that will need to heal.

You got this though ;)

Chicks dig scars. You'll have some new ones I imagine. ;)

You got this!
Pain heals, Chicks dig scars, and glory lasts forever!

Rosco, I don't know you but fight hard. i am thinking good thoughts for you.

BC

Good luck Ross. Hope the nurses are hot.

it will be open from sternum down to my lower waist. about 18" cut open. they will have me on Bypass for the Lower IVC Google it lol. and my kidney will be removed and hopefully put back in.. I will not have any core muscles for 6-12 weeks after and most likely be in a wheel chair for the first 4 they said. still a Risk of everything coming back after but in a different area. at the beginning they did not want to even think of surgery but now its top of the list. biggest worry is the IVC having to be cut and put on bypass to remove the tumor. Rest of the veins will be "looped"

So I googled that, and like holy that's intense! But these guys are experts righ.
Unlike me I then googled some more and was amazed that filtered blood from the kidneys flows back to the heart. That's cool that nature figured out that a hydraulic pump should have a filter before it.

Yeah. some crazy TV show kinda shit is going to go on inside me.. hopefully without TV shit going on if you get what I mean haha. My Uncle who is head of Oncology at his own hospital he runs in Ontario said these guys are the ones you want. so that puts me at ease.