Recovery time after liver resection

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Rock_Robster
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Re: Recovery time after liver resection

Postby Rock_Robster » Fri Apr 05, 2019 5:52 am

Thanks kandj. Updating for any future researchers here... Surgeon called me back and said he believes the left shoulder pain is because they resected the far left lobe of the liver, and it’s likely to be referring pain from the diaphragm up the phrenic nerve. Anything that upsets my diaphragm definitely makes it worse (big meal, bending over, drinking a lot of water). He basically said to keep an eye on it and if it gets worse or any spike in temperature or other general unwellness, come on in!
41M Australia
2018 Dx RC
G2 EMVI LVI, 4 liver mets
pT3N1aM1a Stage IVa MSS NRAS G13R
CEA 14>2>32>16>19>30>140>70
11/18 FOLFOX
3/19 Liver resection
5/19 Pelvic IMRT
7/19 ULAR
8/19 Liver met
8/19 FOLFOX, FOLFOXIRI, FOLFIRI
12/19 Liver resection
NED 2 years
11/21 Liver met, PALN, lung nodules
3/22 PVE, lymphadenectomy, liver SBRT
10/22 PALN SBRT
11/22 Liver mets, peri nodule. Xeloda+Bev
4/23 XELIRI+Bev
9/23 ATRIUM trial
12/23 Modified FOLFIRI+Bev
3/24 VAXINIA (CF33 + hNIS) trial

jsbsf
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Location: San Francisco

Re: Recovery time after liver resection

Postby jsbsf » Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:37 am

I know this thread is about a year old, but wanted to follow up with something similar that happened to DH.

He went in on 2/5/2020 for liver MWA, and on 2/11/2020 for a liver resection.

The MWA was on his right side, near the top. The liver resection was on his left. The surgeon took a biopsy of a spot on the the right but determined it was most likely a burn mark from the prior MWA. The liver resection was a removal on his left side. It was on the tip of pointed part of the liver.

Following the liver resection surgery, his complaint was mainly of pain in the area where he felt the biopsy was, and additionally about severe shoulder pain.

Following the surgery, the surgeon asked him, before he mentioned, if he experienced shoulder pain, and he was surprised she would ask about that. He told her that he did, and she told him it was fairly common and would go away, but didn’t explain why.

The pain did go away. All of it.

He reconvened chemo on 3/2, and part of his side effect was a return of the shoulder pain. It was less severe than after surgery, but went away a couple days later.

However, it came back again after his subsequent, 8th round, with about the same intensity as after the 7th round.

He will bring it up to his oncologist this week. I’m wondering if anyone may have experienced something similar. I feel like it might be chemo interfering with nerve regeneration. Similar to neuropathy.
DH 61
2019 4A t3 n2 m1a
8/23 C-scopy, 5+cm mass. CEA:4.1
9/16 MSS. MRI: 2 lvr mets: 2.7 & 7mm
9/30 Start FOLFOX 1-6
10/4 Lg lvr met ~3.7cm, pri tmr stable.
CEA: 10/13,12.5;10/27-12/8 btw 4.7 & 3.1
11/5 both lvr mets ~ 2/3 smaller.
12/17 PET: significant improv.
2020
MWA 2/5, Lap resection 2/11
CEA: 3/1-5/31 btw 2.1&2.9
3/2 start FOLFOX 7-12
7/23-29 EBRT
10/2/2020 NED/W&W
4/2022 EUS-FNA,MRI: recur.;
5/2022:CT scan no mets. APR.
7-12/2023 Xeloda
4/2023 CT/MRI NED


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