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- September 15, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Chris is in good hands at U of M (Dr. Michael Sabel?). They have a great team and do it every day. I was diagnosed in January and had two surgeries including the removal of lymph nodes from under my arm. Don't try to "control" or "fight" any of it at this point and allow the event to bring perspective to everything else in your life. Simply listen to the doctors and learn. Chris will be given options including pro's and con's and will participate in the decisions of his care along the way. Most importantly, take it one day at a time and life will go on. I cannot tell you how much more valuable every day has become for me since my diagnosis–and that is a blessing. Stay strong…you guys will make it.
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- September 15, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Chris is in good hands at U of M (Dr. Michael Sabel?). They have a great team and do it every day. I was diagnosed in January and had two surgeries including the removal of lymph nodes from under my arm. Don't try to "control" or "fight" any of it at this point and allow the event to bring perspective to everything else in your life. Simply listen to the doctors and learn. Chris will be given options including pro's and con's and will participate in the decisions of his care along the way. Most importantly, take it one day at a time and life will go on. I cannot tell you how much more valuable every day has become for me since my diagnosis–and that is a blessing. Stay strong…you guys will make it.
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- September 15, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Chris is in good hands at U of M (Dr. Michael Sabel?). They have a great team and do it every day. I was diagnosed in January and had two surgeries including the removal of lymph nodes from under my arm. Don't try to "control" or "fight" any of it at this point and allow the event to bring perspective to everything else in your life. Simply listen to the doctors and learn. Chris will be given options including pro's and con's and will participate in the decisions of his care along the way. Most importantly, take it one day at a time and life will go on. I cannot tell you how much more valuable every day has become for me since my diagnosis–and that is a blessing. Stay strong…you guys will make it.
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- September 15, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Chris is in good hands at U of M (Dr. Michael Sabel?). They have a great team and do it every day. I was diagnosed in January and had two surgeries including the removal of lymph nodes from under my arm. Don't try to "control" or "fight" any of it at this point and allow the event to bring perspective to everything else in your life. Simply listen to the doctors and learn. Chris will be given options including pro's and con's and will participate in the decisions of his care along the way. Most importantly, take it one day at a time and life will go on. I cannot tell you how much more valuable every day has become for me since my diagnosis–and that is a blessing. Stay strong…you guys will make it.
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- September 13, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Sherron,
What was the outcome of this? Prior to my Melanoma diagnosis I had pain at the bottom of my right ribcage about two inches from the center of my chest. I had an ultrasound that came back clean. Then I had another test that used radioactive die to image the liver and gallbladder. This too was negative but they noted that I had somewhat of a "fatty liver" that is quite common with the modern diet.
The pain came and went for about a year (quite painful when it came back) but didn't much think about it until my melanoma diagnosis. It didn't bother me much but when I went on high-dose Interferon it kicked back up. By this time I was very concerned about the possibility of cancer in my liver so the doctor ordered an MRI for me. Once again, the test was negative.
A few months ago I stopped the Interferon treatments and have not had any pain. My diet is better (less fatty foods) and my doctors feel that it has been my gallbladder all along. They offered to remove it but, at this point, my pain is nonexistant so I'm leaving it alone.
Hope your husband has similar benign problems. Just wanted you to know that his symptoms may very well be from a rather minor problem.
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- September 13, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Sherron,
What was the outcome of this? Prior to my Melanoma diagnosis I had pain at the bottom of my right ribcage about two inches from the center of my chest. I had an ultrasound that came back clean. Then I had another test that used radioactive die to image the liver and gallbladder. This too was negative but they noted that I had somewhat of a "fatty liver" that is quite common with the modern diet.
The pain came and went for about a year (quite painful when it came back) but didn't much think about it until my melanoma diagnosis. It didn't bother me much but when I went on high-dose Interferon it kicked back up. By this time I was very concerned about the possibility of cancer in my liver so the doctor ordered an MRI for me. Once again, the test was negative.
A few months ago I stopped the Interferon treatments and have not had any pain. My diet is better (less fatty foods) and my doctors feel that it has been my gallbladder all along. They offered to remove it but, at this point, my pain is nonexistant so I'm leaving it alone.
Hope your husband has similar benign problems. Just wanted you to know that his symptoms may very well be from a rather minor problem.
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