It’s been a crazy few weeks. I’ll try to keep this update short. Last update was when I started maintenance chemo. That’s been going fine. I’m definitely loving not having to go all the way to Durham for my infusions. 

A few weeks back I was looking on Colontown (my cancer support group…good group/bad name :)). I saw there was a ‘Doc Talk’ later that day about surgical options for peritoneal metastasis. I rarely listen to these talks but I thought I would check this one out. From the first few sentences I was floored. It was as if this doc was talking specifically about me, about my cancer. And he was talking about the type of surgery that I was told by my surgeon at Duke would not be an option for me. The next morning I called his office at Yale to see about scheduling a second opinion. Everything fell into place with an ease that seemed quite odd. Referral, records, scheduling, flights all organized with relative ease. Last week Glenn and I traveled all over the place. We saw Dr Turaga at Yale, had scans and labs at Duke and met with my medical oncologist and surgeon at Duke. We loved the doc at Yale. He was so positive and encouraging, but Connecticut is far. And it turns out that my surgeon at Duke is now agreeable to doing the same surgery he was offering. So here we go…..on May 14 I will have cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC at Duke. They will open my abdomen and cut out all the cancer they can see before filling my belly with hot chemo and sloshing it around for about 90 min. It’s going to be a doozy. If all goes well I should be in the hospital for about a week. Recovery should take around 6-8 weeks. If all goes well the only cancer left will be be in my lungs after surgery. My lung Mets are currently stable. To be clear, it’s not expected to be curative, but could buy me some time. Possibly even some time off chemo. So that’s it….wish me luck 🤞