Hi everyone ☺︎

Hi Big Tone 

Welcome to the forum but I am sorry to hear you have more treatment to face .

There are a few centres of excellence for Hipec surgery and you are in good hands . However if I remember correctly there is slightly different criteria between the hospitals for the surgery so that’s worth bearing in mind . 
I think surgically it’s a reasonably big procedure but the guy I first encountered having in went onto become a dad . And reported still being clear ten years later .

I think there are a few people in the same position as you on one of the other threads .  Might be good for you all to link in . 
A few people here had second opinions with a Dr Jamie Murphy in London and all they did was forward their recent scans if I remember correctly . I think he might also have some leaflet printed on the surgery .

My mum has had two liver and one lung resection so no direct help to you on that front but a lot of optimism on the benefits of curative surgery !

Take care ,

Court 

https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/bowel-colon-rectum-cancer-forum/f/diagnosis/278431/primary-cancer-of-appendix-and-secondary-peritoneal-cancer#pifragment-16476=2
Think possibly different cell types but the same potential surgery .

I will have a dig around for informed leaflet . 
Court 

https://drjamiemurphy.co.uk/news/common-questions-about-hipec/
Think this might be for his private practice info but he works for the nhs too if that’s still correct . 

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/application/files/6517/0851/8789/HIPEC_Feb_2024.pdf

This is one nhs hospital info just for further info . 

Many thanks for your helpful links and comments , Court. HIPEC sounds like a good option for my diagnosis. I'll just have to be a little more patient and await to hear from Christies.  

That’s the thing with the more specialist surgeries . You end up going through two mdts . First your own then they have one themselves . It really can push things back a week or two . But if it’s agreeable it suddenly moves very quickly . We experienced this twice with both the liver and the lung . We were startled to find her in surgery within the week each time . A surgical slot opened up . 
Keep in touch . 
Court 

Yes, I think you're right about the extra delay with two teams having their own meetings.  How is your mum doing?

She is doing well all things considered . She has been dealing with a spread for 15 years . Went in and out of treatment when required .

However age has become a factor . She did not run out of options but became too frail to have any more . But we consider that a good thing she got to this point .

Also she still has a good quality of life . Her disease went from growing rapidly to slow growing . Cancer biology is so complex but her team were aggressive when it was not so popular to be so when she started this journey

. We kept knocking on doors and took it one step at a time to find windows of opportunity to tackle the spread . She got there and has an incredible bounce back .

Keep pushing forward . It was always more challenging until a plan was in place . She was classed as inoperable twice but chemo turned this around .

She has had so many good times since a difficult diagnosis.

Take care and I hope you hear very soon with good news .

Court