A couple of days ago we got the pathology report from the actual tissues removed during the surgery. As you know, we had pre-operative scans and this report by and large confirms earlier scans.
In the removed liver tissue they did find a new small nodule that was too small to be detected from the PET and CT scans. This mass had no living cancer cells.
From the primary lesion, the report indicated mostly all dead cells from chemo treatment, and some rare viable cells. While the earlier PET scan indicated the possibility of zero living cells (and would have been nice to have the path report confirm this), the surgeon and my sister both assured us this this report is very positive and in their experience as good as it gets! They have also reminded me that I will head back to chemo soon. Bottom Line: No surprises and continued positive response to chemo treatments.
I came home from the hospital on Tuesday the 26th which put my stay there are 8 days. The surgeon said to expect a four week recovery - during which my time my body is rebuilding the liver and recovering from the trauma of surgery. I've never had surgery like this, and crap, let me tell you, its like being hit by a bus.
-Jim
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