Had the surgery 2/19 to remove the entire sigmoid colon and all the related lymph nodes.
Was in recovery 2/19 to 2/23 and released to go home!
The biopsy results came in late today and confirmed 0/12 lymph nodes were malignant. That’s it! It’s clean! No stage 3, no chemo required!
Follow up with the surgeon on 4/1 to talk about where we go from here, my guess is colonoscopies 2x a year for life now since it went from 0 to stage 2 in 6 months.
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, wear blue and get checked!
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Not sure when I’ll be back modding, I still feel like someone slammed me in the gut with a baseball bat. Cricket bat for our international folks! Maybe another 2-3 weeks.
I still lurk and comment occasionally, just as my health allows!
Edit Bonus - Since my wife had her own medical event this year involving a massive infection, spinal intrusion and below knee amputation, we already hit the out of pocket maximum on our insurance for the year.
Sooo…
Get insurance guys, no, seriously, get insurance.
Wow that’s incredible news! Congrats! So glad you’re back 🎉
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That’s some really good news! Congrats!
Congrats! So glad that it was found early;
it’s crazy that you have to pay for these life-saver visits and operations btw…w
America - for profit everything!
It’s really anti-human.
But, think about the capital…
depending on your insurance, i recently had to switch ACA from state healthcare, trying to get back on state eventually as it covers everything, including dental. private is tricky since the subsidies has ended and you have to pay more for deductible/oop.
Wonderful news! Sorry to hear about your wife’s issues though. It sounds like you guys have been through it! Hope it’s calmer for you both now. Speedy recovery.
2026 has been the longest year of our lives and it’s FEBRUARY!
live long and prosper
Congrats, Jordan! Take as much time as you need. If things get out of hand here, there’ll always be people ready to help.
Alhumdullilah brother amazing to hear!
So glad it was found early. Take time to heal and care for each other. That sounds really rough.
That’s some great world news! Congrats!
Congratulations!
Congrats, love you!
