Surgery Update

Posted by Nick Schmidt on May 24, 2008 · Comments

Well the surgery went well, however they didn’t take out any of the tumors out. When they opened me up they noticed that the tumors were still too big and they were too attached. My oncologist and surgeon made the decision to not do anything because I could have lost my entire bladder, rectum, kidney, and 1/2 my liver. Everything is functioning normal so they decided to staple me back up.

The next step is to try a clinical trial chemotherapy that is avaliable at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. The drug is an insulin like growth factor. I don’t know what that means, but studies have shown that this drug dramatically shrinks scarcoma tumors. My oncologist is working out the details and is going to set everything up for me. So I don’t know how often or how long I will be going to Ann Arbor. We will see.

Here are some sexy pics from my hospital stay.