(previewing the post before publishing I realized this is a barfing pun, knowing that, pun totally intended!) Here's the text I sent to Chris' parents at 8:30 am this morning: Good morning ❤️ I spent the entire day/night/early morning with Chris and I’m still at the hospital. He was in terrible pain, couldn’t stop vomiting, …
Day 3: This sucks
Family and friends, I don't know what to say other than "this sucks". Chris had a really tough night last night, which meant he didn't sleep much and has continued to have a very tough day today. I'd give you the details but feel like most of them are TMI. In general, he's incredibly nauseous, …
Day 2: Not quite as good
Chris woke up this morning around 6 am feeling okay, but things have gone a bit downhill since then. He's nauseous and we think one of the medicines he was given to help control pain (specifically nerve pain) is making him feel incredibly tired, dizzy, and "drugged up". It's a medication he took for a …
Day 1: So far, so good!
Hello everyone! Just a quick update to let you know Chris is doing really well. He didn't get much sleep last night as the nurse needed to come in every 45 minutes to check his vitals, his incisions, etc. Dr. Liu came in this morning and was surprised Chris is tolerating liquids as well as …
Update #3: He’s back! :)
Such a relief to finally get to see this guy ❤️ He looks great, he's super coherent, and has way fewer tubes and doodads than I expected. The epidural is doing a great job controlling his pain and he's thrilled to be drinking water, Sierra Mist, and apple juice. We took a quick peek at …
Update #2
Update to update #2: Spoke with Dr. Liu and Chris is awake & doing well. Dr. Liu showed me photos of the tumors from his liver, original tumor, gall bladder, and the chunk of intestinal scar tissue he pulled out. ****** Chris is out of surgery and in recovery, but I don't know much more …
Update #1
Okay, y'all! Chris was rolled to the OR just after 8:30 am. and he is now in Dr. Liu's hands. We fully and completely trust Dr. Liu; the staff here at St. Luke's has nothing but great things to say about him, his true gift of caring for NET patients, and his attention to detail …
Surgery 2.0
Well, I guess it's time. Time to head to Denver and get these hormone-spiking tumors out of my liver. I'm having a pretty major surgery this Wednesday, November 30th, 2022. I'm ready to get this done and behind me but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little freaked out. Freaked out not …
One
It's been one year. December 18, 2018. I was sitting in my Jeep, waiting in line for my morning coffee at a Dutch Bros coffee stand. A normal day by most standards. Then my phone rang. I recognized the voice as Dr. Alfaro, my surgeon from Denver – the typical pep in his voice oddly …
It’s worldwide NET Cancer Awareness Day and man am I aware.
Today (November 10th) is NET Cancer awareness day, which gives me the nudge I need to finally write a new post. As the universe would have it, I'm also experiencing some of the not-so-fun stomach symptoms that go along with gastrointestinal NETs, as if to say "hey, don't forget". Alas, I haven't forgotten about this …
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