Margaret knows there are several medical professionals among her friends who are watching her blog, and she thinks it's just a matter of time until someone asks "Exactly what did they do?"
Hence, she asked me to post the following "details" from her Northwestern Memorial Hospital discharge report. (If you are not a medical professional, I think you can skip this and you'll know just as much as if you read it.)
Pre-op Diagnosis: Pelvic/rectal and paraaortic masses, adenocarcinoma favoring ovarian primary on paraaortic mass biopsy
Post-op Diagnosis: Same
Procedure: Posterior exenteration (radical hysterectomy, radical proctectomy, bilateral salpingoophorectomy) with end-to-end reanastamosis of rectosigmoid colon, omentectomy, paraaortic mass resection, pelvic lymph node biopsies bilaterally, washings
The pathologist's analysis of the tissues removed had not been completed at the time of Margaret's discharge. Dr. Lurain explained that "it's a big specimen, and they want to get as much information as they can from it". I expect we will learn that information no later than Margaret's next appointment with Dr. Lurain on August 8.
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Still thinking about you and wondering about your recovery. How are the days since you've been home. When is your next follow-up?
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