Have seen the surgical team who opened me up last December. They're satisfied with my progress since then from a purely physical standpoint, and do not think that I have had any complications beyond the natural healing hiccups one might expect after this operation. These will settle eventually. My current pain is, they are sure, due to my having torn abdominal muscles. Time and painkillers and rest are the only thing they can suggest to deal with it, but it is not particularly dangerous. Just annoying.
They agree that my new fatigue levels are frustrating, but there's not much they can do about it, and adjusting them, and my lifestyle, to the new energy levels available to me is likely my only recourse.
Blood tests will occur, and the enormously invasive and horrible set of scans later this month. These will help determine if my health wobbles are in any way cancerous. They agree it needs investigating, especially based on the post-operative biopsy last year, and the failure of chemotherapy to do me any good. Regular tests will now occur, as they need several over time to truly determine if there are ongoing issues. So, fairly frequent blood tests will be happening to try to set some kind of functional benchmark, and catch any devious little cancer cells at work.
Otherwise, they are very pleased with my progress. Despite everything, the primary aim of the surgery, to yank out the horrible tumour doom, has been a success. Onwards and upwards to better things!
Great Robin . Always good when a surgeon is happy with the progress .
Your health has been assaulted on a few fronts so I am not surprised your experiencing fatigue . You have been through a lot . Hopefully that will gradually lift .
All the very best with the scans . A necessary evil in my mind .
