This is a little lengthly but thought id better share whats been going on. I havent been around in a bout a year or so because of a brush with Cancer. I knew something wasent right when i tried to get into my vehicle and had to lift both legs in the truck after sitting down, with both my arms, then shut the door. I went to the university and got checked out and my bile tube which empties the fluids that come from the liver, gall bladder, pancrease and the appendix into the small intestine to help regulate the digestive fluids for what you eat. They put me under and befor they did they said they were going to check for any immediate cancer growing in that area, so they did.
I got out of surgery which was 9 hrs long and after they applied a stint to temporarily open the bile duct, i think it was 85% closed they informed me they found a small growth on the inside wall on my small intestine that was close to my pancrease, which raised other concerns. Come to find out 20 years ago i had 3 bad gall bladder attacks that stretched out my bile duct to the point where the best surgeon at the the university and known as the best in the whole state of iowa, his name is Dr Chan. told me you have the biggest bile duct i’ve ever seen and it came from passing more then several gall stones at one time, they speculated that this is where and why the cancer started in this are, from previous damage pass of the gall stones did. well they operated and took out about a foot of small intestine and a small couple inches of my lower stomach and then retied everything back together, the operation was a success. so this all happened the first month after the operation. The next step was finding a good chemo doctor and found out about the Ghosh clinic here in Cedar rapids so i went and talk to dr Ghosh and we set up a chemo plan and can say now my last CT scan showed no cancer growth where it had been befor, I immediate verbally praised the lord when the doctor told me of the results, I’ve got go through 6 more treatments of chemo then a planned radiation treatment plan, to be fully cured so sometime in around may or june I will know the true results.
If you know anyone who may be looking for a very good chemo doctor Dr. Ghosh at the Ghosh Cedar here in Cedar Rapids is a very highly nationally ranked cancer medical facility and is regularly being sent patients from the Mayo clinic and other top notch medically facilities form around the midwest.
Guys, dont put off a cancer screen at any cost, its just not worth it. Cancer gives off signs that something not like it supposed to be, eat habits have changed, less energy, chronic fatigue and other, including enzyme levels that are only produced when things are starting to get serious, but more often then not especially in its early stages, thats how i caught mine in time. Go get checked guys, it may save your life for just a few hours of being checked out by a good knowledgeable doctor. Things are getting better because im slowly getting my tastebuds back, everything and I mean almost everything tastes like cardboard and im not kidding. Imagine trying to eat a nice fat ribeye and after the first fork you cant taste it and you set the ribeye aside knowing your not going to be able to taste the rest of it either, but im slowly gets my taste back. All in all now im ok and getting better and percentages wise thing look good. Guys go get checked up because its worth it. When i was first dianosed i weighed in at 185 lbs, the toll of the chemo im now at 134 and hold steady but that also good because of no more sparetire around the waist.
