after the surgery

Hi everyone. This is Lori's husband. More than likely known to most of you as "the ole boot". And here is my update as requested by lori.

Sorry that I havn't done this a little earlier,but I have been a little tired from the late nights and have not been able to get near the computer.
On October 03 ,as you all know,Lori had her surgery for her cancer. The original plan for this surgery was to go in,look around and remove the cancerous areas. The immediate culprit for eviction was the tumor on the pancreous, the head of the pancreous and possibly any little offspring that charlene had during her visit.
Once this was done a little replumbing and poof,Bobs yer uncle ,we are done.But, unfortunately,I am sad to say,this was not the case. After goin in,the surgeon found
yet another little spawn of charlene on the side of the liver. A biopsy of this little bugger was sent to the lab and was also labelled malignant.
While the surgeons were inside they looked further and diagnosed that the cancer had also spread to the lymph nodes.This unfortunately,is a little more serious than we wanted to hear and had an unwelcome affect on the surgical proceedings.
After discovering the additional complications,the surgeons had to inform us that they could not complete the surgery as planned. The cancer had spread further than they had anticipated and they had to do a lesser procedure than hoped for.
The surgery that was completed included the redirection of the bileduct from the large intestine to the small intestine to alleviate the pain that Lori was having which will help in her recovery.They also used alcohol on some of the nerves to deaden them in an attempt also to relieve more agony while Lori trys to restrengthen herself for the upcoming battle.
The truely sad part of this is that charlene and her little demons remain unwelcome guests in the temple which is Lori. The Drs decided that because of the degree of the spread of the disease ,the eviction of charlene and her demon spawn would not help the outcome and would only increase the post surgery pain and recooperation time.
At this point we must now look ahead to the possibility of alternative methods to
deal with shrinking the tumors to a manageable size and possibly turn the tables to remission.
We are now looking at our options and concidering chemotherapy as the next step in
this battle.
At this writing,it is Oct 06 and Lori is recovering well. Her post surgery pain is lessening each day and she is able to take short walks down the aisles with the aide of a walker and a very handsome and loving husband.Each day seems to bring some strength back and motion and movent comes a little easier.
At this point,I would like to say how very impressed we have been with our Drs and nurses throughout our ordeal. With each little piece of information gained,a new part of the team came on board in full force. We have in Manitoba a truely magnificent team of Drs, nurses,coordinators,secretaries,and volunteers that have shown the true meaning of professionality and compassion to us and all of those that I heve met and seen during these past few weeks leading up to today.
The communication between the different areas involved in putting together an attack plan on charlene and her demon spawn was absolutely incredible. Appointments,scheduling,bloodwork, mri's,surgery, all made at breakneck speed due to the severity of the situation.None of this could be done without dedicated , professional,and caring people,which we seem to be fortunate to have an abundance of in our Manitoba Health care system.
Well, this is my first ever blog entry and I hope that this puts clear where we are in serving official eviction notice to charlene and her demon spawn.I will try to keep you posted more frequently as to Lori's condition and any new ideas,plans or concerns .

I am sincerely

The ole boot