I feel bad that Luanne drove all the way from San Jose yesterday for a 5 minute visit with Dr. Bodai, but I'm sure glad she did. We got in there and I expected him to set up a date for my surgery, and to say that I would be stopping chemo for awhile prior, to make sure that I would be able to clot the bleeding after surgery, but it didn't go that way. He examined me and couldn't believe the difference in the size of my tumor, it's shrunk a lot!! He said that he liked what he saw and that he honestly didn't see a reason to open me up right now. He said, "why put you through the pain and disfigurement if I don't have to". I explained that I was getting the feeling that Dr. Hui wanted me to have surgery because she was afraid that the chemo would eventually stop working and that the cancer would spread. So he said it would spread everywhere, not just in the tumor, that if that happened, they would consider different chemo drugs to use or a different method of treatment. He still didn't feel comfortable with opening me up, but that since Dr. Hui is on vacation, he would speak with her on Monday and get back with me with the final word. So....this is just his opinion for right now. It's weird because I'd psyched myself out for surgery and was sort of looking forward to some of the cancer being gone, but I'm okay with this decision too, only because what surgeon ever turns down surgery? I emailed him when I got home to see what size it was now and he said that it went from the original size of 5.2 centimeters to 3.7. That's exciting :)
I will keep you all posted when I hear back on Monday.
Peace to you all ~ Love, Genie
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There is NO need to feel badly....I drove up there because I wanted to be there for you and with you, not because I was hoping for a long appt. I was not surprised at his recommendation to not do surgery....now we just move on from here. It was so nice to sit and have lunch with you and John, too. We don't seem to get that kind of time anymore with no kids and no distractions. I loved seeing you and can't wait until the next time!
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