Back into the operating room, today.

[jersey-jazz]

Hopefully, today will be walk in the park with only one large lesion being removed from the liver. In January, I had six lesions removed from my liver, The surgeon went through my lung, which collapsed and got air in it. It still hurts from where the nurse pulled the drain from my chest.

That is not the big thing, though. Whilst doing pre-op scans, a metastasis was found in my skull. Next week I have to hear what the radiology oncologist has to tell me about what he has in store for me! Radiology is extremely scary to me. Just saying -----

[Pbsoup]

I will be thinking about you today. I so hope all goes smoothly. You have been through so much recently! Take good care. Xo

[jersey-jazz in reply to Pbsoup]

Dear Pbs -Thank you for your good wishes. They work just exactly like prayers.

[Pbsoup in reply to jersey-jazz]

ha. I pray too but wasn’t sure which you prefer 🙃

[jersey-jazz in reply to Pbsoup]

It's all good!

[Nocillo]

So sorry to hear this! I hope your liver surgery went well. I’ve had metastasis on my skull for years. The bone formation which is the skull, I presume. It has not been treated any differently than the rest of my bone metastasis. I hope yours is the same. Please keep us informed. My sister had gamma knife to her skull for a benign tumor and it wasn’t too bad. Good luck!

[bubblystream in reply to Nocillo]

I am like you. I have extensive bone metastasis in most my bones and skull. Diagnosed Jan 2016. Since treatment, it hasn’t progressed in my bones at all. March 2021 it did progress into my liver.

[jersey-jazz in reply to Nocillo]

On Wednesday, 12 April, a radiation oncologist will be telling me what his plans are for me. I am hoping that his plan includes a method of radiation that does not penatrate the brain.

[jersey-jazz in reply to Nocillo]

Dear Nocillo - Thank your the good wishes. They are all adding up to help heal me.

[Ntash01]

Sending you a virtual gentle hug, that’s a lot!

I shall be thinking of you, and pray plan of action is gentle.

Tc Nx

[jersey-jazz in reply to Ntash01]

Thank you, dear TcNx - -I am praying for just that.

[fancydog]

Pray all goes well. Back in 2021 I had a biopsy that required deflating my rt lung, had chest tube for 3 days, removal in 3 days and immediately sent home. I did fine but had numbness in a large place of my chest wall for about a year. I hope the skull met can be treated easily. Will be thinking of you on this Good Friday. 🙏

[Fiercefighter13]

You will be in my prayers and good wishes. Sending all my good thoughts to you, and hoping you recover quickly. Take care.

[jersey-jazz in reply to Fiercefighter13]

Thank you, dear Fiercefighter!

[TammyCross]

Yes, you have had a time of it lately. Skull is not brain -- it is just bone. Radiology sounds easier than surgery! We all have different fears, as well as different responses, I guess. 👀

Good luck. I get through the hard stuff by saying there is no choice but to go through it! 💪

(Sorry, I am just learning to use emojis!🧚)

[jersey-jazz in reply to TammyCross]

Dear TC - Yes, we all differ in our fears. I do not mind, in fact, I want the malignant tissue removed from my body but really, truly fear radiation. So, this latest ablation which turned out to be something of a painful nightmare, accomplished its purpose and I am so glad I had it. Now, the cancer in my skull is the only cancer in my body, that I know of. XXX OOO

[jersey-jazz]

To all my darling, caring good friends who hold an amazing spiritual kinship with me, your loving responses made me cry for joy. Now, we belong to each other. Thank you! Thank you, also, to those who work this site and foster it's good health!

[jersey-jazz in reply to jersey-jazz]

p.s. I am home after a two night ordeal. Never mind. It is behind me, now.

[Nocillo]

Thank goodness. Home is the best place to be!

[jersey-jazz in reply to Nocillo]

Right on! It is amazing the way being your own space heals one. It's Easter Sunday. The sky is an amazing blue with no clouds. I live on water, a little lake. Seeing the water heals as well. It's all gooood!

[Nocillo]

Yes!

[kokopelli2017]

hi JJ. of course I have been following💛. happy to hear you are now 'home sweet home'. and I bet you are so relieved to now have that issue behind you👍🏻. as for the skull mets....how did they/you find it? on a bone scan? very curious as I often have 'sore' patches on my skull that stick around for a while and then eventually heal and then another one pops up somewhere else. I always forget to mention to my oncologist and just deal with them. but I don't know if they are mets to my skull or not? can you feel yours? so sorry to pick your brain....but we do learn much from each other. anyways, hoping for an effective, yet harmless way to rid your skull mets🙏.

wishing you a wonderful day at your lake house....sounds lovely!

sending love and hugs

carole❤️

[Cowgirl1951]

Hope you are doing well.

[DDIL1]

Just saw this post and wanted to send you well wishes on recovery. I hope everything went well and your on a great path❤️