Hopefully the First and Last Health Update of 2012

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Dan

As mentioned in my last post I was to have a Supercharged Jejunum Esophagectomy in November. I did have the surgery and it went just fine. I was in the the hospital for about 2 weeks afterward and it has been about 5 weeks since I was released from the hospital. I’ve been back to the doctor for follow ups and according to them I am recovering just fine.

As a part of my overall health management I had my regularly scheduled CT scan last week and it came back clean – no cancer to be seen. As you can imagine this is welcome news. Officially I have now been cancer free for 1 year since it has been that long since my last treatment. I will have another scan in 3-6 months as apart of my overall follow up plan. It is sure nice to be cancer free :-) .

The New Year

I think the nicest thing about going into the new year is that I do not have any procedures scheduled. I don’t have any tests scheduled. I don’t have anything wrong with me that leaves that little bit of uncertainty in the back of your mind. It is nice to be in this place after 2 1/2 years.

I do have my ailments and am on medications to help with those. But if I am given the opportunity to recover and heal like I need to then those should dissipate as time goes on. From here on out the posts about my health should be few and far in between.

Thank you to everyone that supported me during this time. All of your prayers and positive thoughts really helped me make it through. I look forward to returning to as much of a normal life that is possible.

Sunrise photo courtesy of Hassan9 via deviantart.com

 

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  1. Nina Rouse says:
    January 10, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    Hi I just wanted to say that you are very brave for going through with the surgery and its reassuring to hear you are doing well. I am about to face that surgery because my doctors have ran out of alternatives i had the stents and dilation s and both have came to be more harmful than helpful. If you could please email me so i can ask who your surgeon was because i have spoken with a surgeon already and he is unsure if he is capable of doing the surgery and it would be really great to come in contact with someone that knows what its like to go through this as well who found help