GROINSTRONG

Hey folks! Sorry about the delay in posting – the surgery took much longer than expected and by the time I got out, my phone was dead. But now I can finally tell you what has happened.

After waiting over four hours to get into the OR, they finally put me under and cut me open…

And they quickly discovered a half dozen lesions similar to the initial known site. I was just coming out of aenesthetic when my surgeon explained where exactly they were, so I don’t remember exactly – but they’re in a section of my intestine.

But here’s the crazy part: none of them tested positive for melanoma!! I’ll have to wait another week for the full pathology to make sure, but the mid-operation biopsies didn’t find any cancer.

We had established early on that if they opened me up and found multiple sites, then they would leave it all and we would turn to systemic treatment like chemotherapy. But what about multiple non-cancerous sites?

Now, if you’ll remember, we found the first lesion via the camera pill – which means we weren’t able to biopsy it – which means it could be benign as well – which would mean there’s a good chance I AM STILL CANCER-FREE!!!

What?!? I know, right?!? I’m trying not to get too excited, because we still have to wait for the full pathology report.

But regardless of the final outcome, because they only made surface incisions, I get to go home tomorrow!!! How freakin awesome is that?!? I am in a very very small room and it would have been an awfully long weekend in here.

Thank you again for all the wonderful messages of love and prayers and atheist thoughs of support (devon )! I’ll let you all know when I’m home safely.

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