{"id":204,"date":"2006-11-14T15:17:41","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T20:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/the-cancer-battle\/index\/getting-a-clearer-picture\/"},"modified":"2009-03-05T16:47:38","modified_gmt":"2009-03-05T21:47:38","slug":"getting-a-clearer-picture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/getting-a-clearer-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting A Clearer Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 14, 2006<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t wait any longer, and sent an email directly to Dr. Sugarbaker asking him to allow me to get cytoreductive surgery (CRS).  I hope I didn&#8217;t jump the gun, since I have more information now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It looks like if I have colon cancer (which is more common), Dr. Sugarbaker&#8217;s office is not interested.  They are focused on appendiceal cancer, I suppose because the prognosis is better, and with limited resources it is best to apply them where they are most effective.  For colon cancer, they have 8 or so other doctors to which to refer me.  Also, they will not operate within FOUR MONTHS of previous surgery, so it will be a long while before I will be scheduled (even though I KNOW I can handle it sooner!).  So I don&#8217;t think I can avoid interim systemic chemotherapy.  I have a meeting with Dr. Elizabeth Campbell this Thursday, maybe we will kick it off then.<\/p>\n<p>I am still waiting for the word from Dr. Michael Morse&#8217;s office.  He is hoping to have a pathology report soon.  This pathology report will either say &#8220;appendiceal&#8221;, in which case I have a hope of CRS with Dr. Sugarbaker, or it will say &#8220;colonic&#8221;, in which case I will be exploring the options with the 8 referral doctors, including Dr. Levine in Winston-Salem.  Steady on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/index\/no-progress-weekend-but-fun\/\">Previous<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/\">Home<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/index\/wheels-grinding-into-motion\/\">Next<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 14, 2006 I couldn&#8217;t wait any longer, and sent an email directly to Dr. Sugarbaker asking him to allow me to get cytoreductive surgery (CRS). I hope I didn&#8217;t jump the gun, since I have more information now&#8230; It looks like if I have colon cancer (which is more common), Dr. Sugarbaker&#8217;s office is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/getting-a-clearer-picture\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Getting A Clearer Picture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":194,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-204","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9M0Zg-3i","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":195,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/colectomy-surgery\/","url_meta":{"origin":204,"position":0},"title":"Colectomy Surgery","author":"m","date":"November 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"October 12, 2006 Read \"remove part of my colon\" surgery. 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