Today we met with the liver surgeon, as expected the next step is surgery to remove the lesions in my liver. Despite many scans there is still some uncertainty as to what is possibly cancer metastatic tumours and what may be fatty deposits. In order to get an up to date picture I will have another MRI scan next week.
At this stage it looks like about 60% of my liver will be removed, but surprisingly I was told that in general my recovery time is not affected by the amount of liver removed, as long as at least 30% remains.
The surgery is scheduled for 16th September, before then I will have another session with the liver surgeon next Friday 9th September to confirm the likely approach, based on the MRI results and a review with the multi-disciplinary committee, due next Thursday. I will also need to attend a pre-admission clinic some time in the next 2 weeks.
It is good that it is all happening quickly, but the speed does surprise me a bit.
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