I had back surgery on November 5th. Post op it is routine to do a CT scan to check the placement of the hardware. My CT just so happened to show a mass on my liver. I then had a CT, with special attention to my liver, that confirmed the 6 cm mass. I made an appointment with Dr Gellar at the UPMC Liver cancer center. Sunday I realized I wasn't feeling right. Every time I ate I had stomach pain and nausea that just got worse as the days passed. Finally, Wednesday, I was jaundiced and I couldn't take the severe pain anymore so I called an ambulance to take me to UPMC Presbyterian. At the hospital, they basically kept me comfortable for four days. After running a lot of blood tests, MRI, biopsy, the Dr's have come to the conclusion that I have colangiocarcinoma. Not a pretty diagnosis. I then got a call from Dr Gellar's office stating that the tumor board met and decided that Dr Humar is the Dr I need to see. Within 1 week I saw Dr Humar who explained they needed to remove the mass and 45% - 55% of my liver and harvest a vein from my thigh to replace one in my liver. The surgery will take at least 8 hours and is scheduled for March 1st
