November 19, 2024 was the start of the journey no family wants to begin.
I went in for a colonoscopy and we got the news that I had a large, likely malignant, tumor in my colon.
The next day I got a call from the surgeon's office scheduling a consultation the following Tuesday, November 26th. In order to get in for surgery on Monday, December 2nd, I needed a CT scan and insurance approval for the in-patient operation, otherwise I'd have to wait until December 30th. At this point I was in so much pain, I couldn't imagine waiting a month... the thought kinda broke my brain. We had about 10 business hours before the long Thanksgiving weekend to get the CT scan and the go-ahead from our Insurance. Alta View Hospital took care of the scan at noon on the day before Thanksgiving and we got approval at 3:30 the same day. So surgery in 5 days was on the calendar.
We got a call on Saturday, November 30th from the surgeon saying the CT scan showed the cancer had likely spread to my liver. We wouldn't be able to begin chemo until I was fully recovered from surgery, so we had to decide if we wanted to do surgery or see an oncologist first. Due to my good fortune getting surgery lined up for the 2nd, I felt like it was meant to be. We'd save further treatment for next year.
December 2, 2024, I went in for surgery to remove the tumor.
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