Sorry things didn't go as well as you had hoped, Paul, but your optimistic attitude will help her keeps up her spirits, which helps a lot in the recovery process.
Both of you remain in our thoughts and prayers. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > The surgery took five hours, longer than expected. The doc found a number of > affected lymph nodes, including one close to the aorta, so a lot of precise > work was required. He also found a second tumor in the small intestine. The > primary tumor in the colon was very large. When I spoke to hem after the > surgery he wasn’t optimistic but didn’t say it was hopeless. I asked if there > was a chance for full recovery and he said there’s always a chance. Not > exactly encouraging but enough to give me hope. Worse than I expected but not > as bad as it might have been if there was liver involvement. > > I will remain optimistic, although I’m not as hopeful as I was yesterday > morning. Will get more information and a more clear prognosis as the medics > complete the pathology of the tissue that was removed. In any case, chemo > will start as soon as Marlene has her strength back. The doc said radiation > therapy is a possibility as well. > On Sep 13, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Paul, >> >> Any impressions from the surgical team as to how the procedure went? >> >> Jack >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
