Ok. If I have learned ANYTHING during this process, it is that you can never, ever trust the first plan the doctors tell you. Because, they will change their minds.

Which is totally fine – we trust them completely – but sheesh – it makes planning and preparing very difficult.

When last we updated, the plan was to finish chemo, take a leisurely month to recover, then start with the liver surgery. Two weeks later, lung #1. Two weeks after that, lung #2.

NOPE.

Chemo – April 17

Chemo pump removal – April 19

Scans probably April 20

Thoracic surgery consult – April 21

Surgery #1 (removing 2/3 of right lung) – April 25

Hepatic surgery consult – May 5

Surgery #2 (removing a piece of the other lung) – May 9

Wedding Anniversary – May 15 (7 years! My gift is NO CANCER IN MY HUSBAND which makes it better than jewelry.)

Surgery #3 (liver surgery) – May 16 (you know, the one that was supposed to be first.)

Then… well who knows. Presumably, he’ll be “NED” (no evidence of disease.) !!!!!

Again.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are doing surgery sooner and with less recovery time because they think he can handle it. It’s a good thing, because it means the cancer will not have had a chance to regrow after his last treatment.

I don’t know about maintenance chemo or any of that, but I do know that once it’s all out, the outlook looks much, much brighter.

We’ll be taking a minute to breathe this weekend, then it’s off to the races! If you’re on our “meal train” list from my sister, she’ll probably be sending out some more info next week. Definitely going to need to call in the troops for this next insaneo month.

Love and thanks to all of you!