We met with the surgeon this morning. The good thing is the tumor has responded to the chemo...has shrunk and not grown. He will not know until surgery exactly what it looks like or what the extent of surgery will be. The size and location will determine the type of surgery. Both are obviously major, but one will have extra steps which would add to the complexity.
Jim will need to have a few tests done to make sure he's physically fit for surgery, then we will go back to the surgeon after test results are in and hopefully set up the surgery date at that time as long as everything looks good.
Dr encouraged walking and staying active to best help with surgery and recovery. We have been going out to walk/run each day... I do the walking and Jim walks then runs 2 half miles with walking in between.
Surgery needs to be 4-5 weeks after the end of chemo to allow it to all be out of his system and to have full strength back. It has now been a little over 2 weeks.
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