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• Appointment with Dr. C in the Center for Advanced Medicine (CAM) building at Big Barnes

Dr. C started by confirming all the things that Dr. T had told me over the phone about moving forward with liver wedge resections. He explained that it will not be a laporascopic surgery, based on the location of the tumors in my liver, and the recovery might be painful when I cough... or breathe (as my ribs will have to be pulled out of the way during the surgery).  The good news is that the liver regenerates so I will hopefully grow back a full and healthy non-tumory liver.

Survival statistics for metastatic colon cancer (stage IV) are much better when the cancer has only traveled to the liver and can all be surgically removed. Now I know mine did also go to my ovaries, but that cancer was also surgically removed. And I know I'm not a statistic, but I think it is good to be informed.

I had a big sheet of questions for Dr. C and I like how he smiled and basically said "okay, bring it" when I told him that I had been doing some research on-line in advance of this appointment, but then he carefully answered every question and concern thoughtfully. Dr. C thinks he can get it all. And I'm a believer!