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surgery eve

TC40
TC40
6 years ago tonight i was preparing for a cancer related surgery. It is called the MOAS,,,,mother of all surgeries because they cut me open 14 inches vertically, examind my whole abdominal cavity and then circulated heated chemo in my abdomen for two hours. When i woke up from surgery, i seriously was in so much pain and so sick from the chemo that i begged God to just take me. It was the worst thing i have ever been thru in my life. If my cancer were to return i don't think i would go thru all that again. It was that awful.

Tonight i am feeling extremely anxious remembering it all....it feels like it is happening all over again....
jewells1
jewells1
My heart to you. Had they known the type of my husbands cancer this was to be an option of treatment, until the found out the extent.

This is my eve, hoping I don't wake during surgery as they drill bones again.
arfie
arfie
Just breathe, TC. Let it process.

Gentle hugs and healing wishes.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Wow, that WAS a humdinger of a surgical procedure. I can imagine. I used to be a hospital chaplain in charge of patients on a heart transplant unit, so I've been around major surgeries before, but, whew. MOAS is the term for that. Glad you're still here and that you can talk to us about it tonight. Keep coming back.
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