A tout malheur, bonheur est bon. (Every cloud has a silver lining.)
So I'm very grateful that Dr. Forton is on my case. His wife, director of the hematology lab at St. Pierre, went all out and started the ball rolling for me at Bordet Hospital (THE best cancer hospital in Europe!). She organized an appointment with an oncologist, not just any oncologist, but the director of Bordet herself.
When Mr. T and I showed up to meet her, she had already set up several exams. an appointment with the surgeon, and the exploratory surgery had been scheduled.
Last week I did all of the various tests (PET scan, chest XRays) and met with the surgeon and the anesthesist. The surgeon moved the surgery forward and had invited a colon specialist to join her.
Monday, November 30th, I had the exploratory surgery, followed by more tests. She took a snippet of one of the nodules in order to perform a biopsy. All of the test results should be ready by the time I meet with the oncologist next Dec. 10th. By then I should know exactly what type of cancer I have, what stage it is in, and what the protocol is that I'll be following.
Considering that Dr. Forton said that we have to move fast, I think that things have been fairly racing along. Only two and 1/2 weeks after receiving the news that rocked my lifeboat and reorganized my list of priorities, I've got the best cancer specialists on my case, all my preliminaries tests behind me, and I'm bracing myself for what's in store for me, all the while remembering to live just each day to its fullest and only one day at a time.
We can see on your profile picture that you ARE living each day to its fullest: this does look like a lobster restaurant !
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