Howdy,
After being hospitalized for 12 days at MSK, being home for the Holiday, is something I will never take for granted again. Please don’t get me wrong, all the staff, be it nurses, housekeeping, phlebotomists, room service personnel, and doctors were exceptional! However, there is just no replacement for sleeping in one’s own bed and all the comforts that it brings. The one thing that made my stay remarkably tolerable was that Gay was with me 24/7. Talk about a trooper, here I am sleeping on a super deluxe hospital bed and Gay is sleeping on a chair that has a seat cushion that extends. (She is also delighted to be sleeping on a bed too).
I want to emphasize again the incredible results of my procedure. Prior to surgery, the game plan was to get as much of the visible tumors as possible and those that were unresectable would continued to be treated with chemo. However, my “A team” of doctors “GOT THEM ALL”. My doctor at MSK is one of a few people in the world who would have attempted such a difficult procedure. As he says, operating on the liver is like operating on Jell-O (it’s a moving target and very fragile). I will continue to take my chemo and be closely monitored, but I can now say with incredible joy, “I am NED (no evidence of disease). This is a glorious Thanksgiving.
Please join us in counting our blessings and giving thanks. More importantly, please pause today and give thanks for the wonderful things you enjoy.
Thrive on,
Paul





