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This past week, while recovering from my hip surgery, my belly started filling with fluid. I was supposed to see the oncologist on Thursday, but I got in there on Tuesday when I called Monday about the issue. They immediately had me take a CT test to figure out what the fluid was and to see what was going on in there, and I found out Wednesday there was indeed a lot of fluid, and then they could also see some enlarged lymph nodes around my liver. The lymph nodes are apparently causing a lot of the extra fluid. I saw the oncologist Thursday and we came up with a new plan to fight this back again. He was surprised it was active again after just a few weeks off chemo. We were going to wait a few weeks to get started on the daily pills, but now we've decided to go back to chemo. I will start next week.
In the meantime, I've had about 12lbs. of fluid drained out of my abdomen which felt amazing to get out. I plan to rest this weekend and watch the corona virus fallout...
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