Last week I had a PETCT scan done on Tuesday, and then on Friday met with my  Oncologist to review the findings. The good news is that with the exception of the clusters of cancer that we knew about on the liver, the scan showed no indication of any other cancer in my torso (the […]

As of my Friday meeting with the surgeon I am free of staples and sutures. He inspected the wound site as well and declared it all healing well. I return to work on Oct. 15 (tomorrow as I write this).  

I continue to improve daily. Yesterday (Wednesday) I saw Dr. Shultzel (the surgeon) for a follow up. He removed half of the  (every other) staples. I inspected the wound site from the stoma and was pleased by the rate of healing. He then washed the sites with a Silver Nitrate solution to prevent infection.  Between […]

I have been home for a week now and I feel better every day. I met with the Oncologist on Friday and she was pleased with the results of the surgery and our current plan is to have a PET scan at the end of October to assess my situation. The optimistic hope is that […]