Exactly on my birthday, even, as I went to the hospital, insisting they had to accept me into hospital, on my birthday. They then unsuccessfully tried to do some diagnostic methods, all of which insisted on intake of liquids, which I couldn't hold, and when they then could see into my abdomen using computer tomography two days later, they immediately sent me to the operation room.
It's a step-by-step schedule / programme, the way that I see it. Each day requires another 'homework' / duty from me, and each day I face another challenge or new situation. But I accept it as it is. I just have to adapt to the situations / changes given to me.
Uhhhrghh, okay, now I have to name what I previously avoided to name, because it is a subject no-one likes to think about. So brace yourself for some pretty hard facts / ugly mental images !
Or skip the following paragraph.
They have removed a malignous cancer in the intestines [plus a little piece of said intestines] that was blocking the passage.
They have run some tests, testing 22 lymph glands/nodules, and the fact that they found only 5 affected (with cancer cells), instead of 7 or more, says that it is unlikely that the cancer has spread to other parts of my body / other locations.
However, in cases such as this, they proceed by doing a chemotherapy just in case to be on the sure side that not a single, wild wandering malignous cancer cell remains in my body.
That chemotherapy will start in the second half of May at the latest, and will last six months. At the earliest, eight months after my operation, which was on April 10th 2014, my artificial 'waste exit' can be re-connected to the rest of my rectum, so normal bodily
( ... )
Hope you feel better very soon, thinking of you and sending love and hugs, Jane
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It's a step-by-step schedule / programme, the way that I see it. Each day requires another 'homework' / duty from me, and each day I face another challenge or new situation. But I accept it as it is. I just have to adapt to the situations / changes given to me.
Love,
- Karin.
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Is this a long-term condition, or has the operation rectified it so that you will eventually make a full recovery?
Taking it one day at a time is the only way to cope, I think.
(((hugs)))
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Or skip the following paragraph.
They have removed a malignous cancer in the intestines [plus a little piece of said intestines] that was blocking the passage.
They have run some tests, testing 22 lymph glands/nodules, and the fact that they found only 5 affected (with cancer cells), instead of 7 or more, says that it is unlikely that the cancer has spread to other parts of my body / other locations.
However, in cases such as this, they proceed by doing a chemotherapy just in case to be on the sure side that not a single, wild wandering malignous cancer cell remains in my body.
That chemotherapy will start in the second half of May at the latest, and will last six months. At the earliest, eight months after my operation, which was on April 10th 2014, my artificial 'waste exit' can be re-connected to the rest of my rectum, so normal bodily ( ... )
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It sounds positive that with the chemotherapy they will be able to eradicate every trace of the cancer.
I'll be thinking of you and hoping the chemo does its job effectively and that you don't find it too bad.
Love, Jane
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:o)
Love,
- Karin.
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