Ok, so I found out yesterday that my surgery will be next Wednesday (3-Sep). The surgery is called a "retroperitoneal lymph node dissection". (try busting that one out during dinner--everyone will think you're a genius)
For those that are curious, there's a good article here that explains what will be going on in layman's terms. Just one note and a warning: one of the unexplained terms is "orchiectomy"--that's the first surgery I had. The warning is that while the article isn't too gruesome, it does mention a couple of possible long-term effects from the surgery that talk about the functioning of "guy parts"--parental discretion advised.
I can't make any guarantees, but I'll try to post something to the Twitter (at the right of the blog) to let everyone know I've survived and how I'm progressing over the first few days after surgery. (If you're as nerdy as I am, I think you can sign-up with Twitter and have my updates SMS'd to your phone. I love the Internets.)
I'm really hoping to be in the hospital for less than a week and back to work a week after that, but I don't know if that's realistic. Right now, I'm just looking forward to getting this part of my treatment done and over with. Actually, I've been in a really good mood since this got scheduled.
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Let us know if there's anything we can do for you. Do you have stuff to do while you're in the hospital?
Thanks for the offer, but I think I've got plenty to do in the hospital. If nothing else, I've got lots of TV shows to watch on the lappy.
finally, the update!! good luck tomorrow, or as they say in my mom's family, "tomorry."
hugs to you from Kaia!
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