Turtley Awesome
Wednesday's not-a-surgery turned out to be more a-surgery than I'd prepared myself for, but in any case, a success! The surgery was done laparoscopically with the great bonus to that being that there's video of the process. Just that alone made my little nerd heart very happy to see. I've said many, many times throughout this process that I wish I could see what was happening inside my body. Now I know! The tumors turn a pale white as they're treated with the microwaves and die. All of the doctors were impressed at the response and they've seen and done this quite a lot. Bagel bite got a pass on this one and we'll do a follow up treatment depending on how the liver mets respond over the next few months. BB is very small and very superficial, so there are multiple options there. Before the surgery, they collected cells from the tumors to make a "vaccine" that is currently in the process of being made for me. It's quite possible that