On Jun 27, 2012 7:40 PM gonefishing wrote:
My husband completed his radiation/chemo on April 30th. Did pretty well until the last week. A little queasy. No burns to his skin. We have now waited the 9 weeks and finally have a surgery date of Monday July 2nd. The surgeon has told us that his tumor has shrunk to the size of a pea or maybe it's just scar tissue. Can't be sure until surgery. He is scheduled to have a Robotic Assisted LAR surgey using the DiVinchi surgical system. His surgery should be about 4.5 hours. Hospital stay should be 3 to 4 days. Then recovery. He is healthly and strong so my hope is that it is a quick recovery.
How is your husband feeling these days?
Congratulations to your husband for a successful radiation / chemo regiment, along with the shrinkage of the tumor.
I myself, am a 38 yr old Female, complained of rectal bleeding since Feb 2012, and as treated as internal hemorrhoids til I insisted further investigation. June 2012 -- upon colonoscopy was diagnosed with Stage 3 Rectal Cancer, T3N1.
July 13, 2012 finished an IVF cycle, to retrieve my eggs & have them fertilized by my husbands sperm, resulting in 4 embryos, in hopes to have children in the future.
July 24, 2012 -- tentative date for surgical Transposition of the Ovaries, to move them out of the field of radiation.
July 25, 2012 -- Radiation Simulation
July 30. 2012 -- XRT (IMRT or 3D conformational) with concurrent chemo of 5-FU for 6 weeks...hoping for Low anterior resection surgery vs. Abdominal perineal resection w/ permanent colostomy
I hope your husbands surgery went well and he's recovering quickly. Hope to read-up on good updates.
Positive energy to all on this forum!