Interesting two weeks

[ejoli]

   I had a call two weeks ago that the MRI I had during my liver transplant evalution showed that I had a tumor in my liver and needed to see the surgeon right away.  I saw him the next day and had surgery the next.(halloween!)  They did a laparscopic liver resection. My Dr. was one of the few that can do that surgery laprascopically. They said that there was a 70% chance that it was cancer and if they biopsyed it first they could spread it so they just removed it. It was small enough where they weren't worried about taking too much of my liver.(since I have cirrhosis it won't regenerate)  Well to make a long story short it wasn't cancer!   It did move me up on the transplant list untill they knew for sure.   I'll tell you though that the surgery HURT like HE**!   I'm back to work this week with a 10 pound weight restriction for 6 weeks.  Well maybe now I can tx again.       Later,    -Libby  

[kickboxingmom]

I wanted to send luck your way, also.
Tammy

[eureka254]

Wow, sounds like you've had more than your share of "interesting" the last couple of weeks... appropriately scary for Halloween, but I'm so glad you made it to the other side with those great words "it's NOT cancer"!  I didn't know resection could be done laprascopically -- amazing what some surgeons can do -- and it's great to hear that you're already back to work... great recuperative powers!  Best of luck to you.
~eureka