Liver surgery

Hi Smiffey, I'm currently having chemo hoping to shrink my liver mets so they can be worked on- I was very lucky to have my bowel primary removed earlier in the year- so I'm very interested in what they're able to do for you. At the moment in terms of advice when I met liver surgeons while I was on chemo before my operation they were just saying shrink it as much as possible and then there are options. It sounds like if you're going to a far away hospital it's specialist which is excellent. I really hope you can have the surgery and as you say get cured. Keep us posted 

Hi Smiffey 

My mum had 73% of her liver removed back in 2010 .

The thing to hold onto it does start regenerating quite quickly so it’s not that size for long .

It dod take a few months for her to be back to full pelt but she was self caring after two weeks .

Her biggest issue was fluid retention until the liver was big enough to produce enough protein to push the fluids through her body .

She wore maternity clothes initially . Did the trick nicely .

Other than that it has been a wonderful success.

No further recurrence and functioning well into her 80s.

Wishing you every success and here to chat . The teams are highly specialised. Wonderful care from surgeons who have a wealth of experience.

Hold onto curative intent.

Court 

Thank you so much for your reply that is very positive.

And ill get some loose clothing that. was something i hadnt thought of

Great that your mum has done so well

The chemo shrunk them.a bit but was told more chemo.probably wouldn't shrink them more ,  They are over a large area and deep.thats why surgery best option for me, but Iv heard of ablation as a procedure to ,just not an Option in my case .

I will update when I get my scan. And surgery.

I wish you well on your journey to .

Alhough they are small