Monday, April 7, 2014 - Post-op appointment with his general surgeon went fine. His cancer, by definition, is classified as "advanced," since it invaded multiple organs and was found in one lymph node. But one lymph node is better than multiple lymphnodes, so we'll take it. Doctor said they got all of the cancer, but they'd need to do chemo/radiation. He also alerted us that the cancer, being cancer, could come back, but they are hopeful the chemo/radiation will kill off rogue cells. We were instructed to move forward with scheduling an appointment with his oncologist - that first meeting is scheduled for the first week of May.
Tuesday, April 8 - Follow-up appointment with Dr. Chang, the urologist who worked on Dad during his 7-hour mega procedure, was more involved. Dr. Chang hinted to concern about the movement of the stent and the function of the remaining kidney that was being supported by the J stent. That was the tip of the iceberg.... After we left the appointment, Dr. Chang was busy behind the scenes consulting with his team to re-assess my dad's situation. After several phone calls dad received during the evening, he was instructed to have a nuclear study done on Thursday morning, April 11, to evaluate the function of the kidney. Chemo/radiation has the potential of dissolving the J-stent, so they needed to assess whether all of the trouble with the J stent was worth it: a non-functioning kidney would have made the J-stent work useless.
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