I'M HOME!!!! well at least at mom and dad's house for now. Josh and i will be staying here again until i am able and feel comfortable to be home alone. Surgery went really well. Right before surgery the Surgeon came in and told us that her approach was that she did not want to take the whole lung, even if she was not able to get the whole tumor. She said that even if she could only remove 95% of the tumor surgerically she would rather do that and use other treatmetns to get rid of the rest, rather than compromise my lung. Well after surgery was over and i was awake the doctor came and told me it was BEST CASE SCENERIO and that the tumor came out completely (she feels) of course there are always chances of little tiny remnents but i will have other treatments that will help take care of that. The mass was approx the size of plum, but it came out relitively easily and they did not have to be quite as invasive in the surgery. So originally they thought i would be in the hospital for aprox 5 days but i was only in for three. Yesterday afternoon i was out of bed to go for a walk around the hospital like the docs asked me to do a few times a day when dr marshall came by and saw me up and about. She was beaming. She seemed so happy, and was so glad that i was doing so well. She asked me if i wanted to go home tomorrow, as long as my pain was under control, and an they also needed an mri of my spine. The day before surgery they did all kinds of tests all day to make sure there were no other tumors anywhere else in my body and i am happy to say there are no NEW locations. originally there was another spot on my lung that was in question but it is much smaller than the one they just removed and they are not even sure if it is a tumor or not. during my PET scan they gave this iv stuff that is supposed to light up places of "increased activity" i believe is what they say. OF course that showed the tumor they just removed from my lung but it also showed two small spots on my spine around where i had surgery before. The doctors are not convinced yet that this is recurrance because they told us that sometimes new bone growth take up this contrast. What is happening now that that there is going to be a big meeting on tuesday with hopefully most of the the doctors involved in my case along with some thyroid specialists to discuss what further treatment i should have from here. So we are waiting to hear the results from that, and i go back to see the doctor who just did my surgery in like a week and a half or so. we also have a close family friend who is an oncologist in kentucky. He knows a guy who specializes in thyroid diseases, so we are tyring to compile all of my records togther to send to him so that he can take a look. we also would like to possibly go see him just to get a second opinion and make sure that i am getting the best treatment for me.
I will let everyone know what is going on as we know more. I thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, they have really helped me, my husband, our families, and friends through this tough situation. I am still going by "i know God will never give me more than i can handle, with his help of course".
love,
Hattie
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