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by Sgost
Tue May 16, 2017 4:58 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Upcoming surgery nervous and looking for pointers
Replies: 9
Views: 1937

Re: Upcoming surgery nervous and looking for pointers

Got home 5-15-2017. Surgery went great. 6.5 hours but they got it all out and put back together. They took 2 lymph nodes and we will hear about their pathology in a few days. Thanks for the direction and guidance. Luckily my surgeon and team were fantastic.
by Sgost
Tue May 16, 2017 4:52 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: How long in hospital after surgery?
Replies: 67
Views: 10861

Re: How long in hospital after surgery?

I just had a lar colon resection on Friday 5-12-2017. I was discharged Monday 5-15-2017. I have 6 incisions. 4 smaller lap sites, 1 slightly larger, and one larger one where they removed the section of sigmoid colon. It was a rough couple days but I am feeling improvements daily. My system began wor...
by Sgost
Sun May 07, 2017 4:34 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Upcoming surgery nervous and looking for pointers
Replies: 9
Views: 1937

Re: Upcoming surgery nervous and looking for pointers

My surgeon basically has just given me his take for staging on what they know now. They know what layers it is through and they see a couple of lymph nodes that may be involved. They have done scans and it has not spread so that is the way they staged it. I am at University of Michigan Cancer center...
by Sgost
Sat May 06, 2017 10:32 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Upcoming surgery nervous and looking for pointers
Replies: 9
Views: 1937

Upcoming surgery nervous and looking for pointers

I am new to the club and have been lurking in the shadows for the past month or so. I was diagnosed 3-16-2017 with cancer of the sygmoid close to the rectum. I have my surgery scheduled for 5-13 a lap performed robotically. I am quite nervous as I am an obese person and they have said that they cann...

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