Figured I would keep y’all up to date on my health saga. As I mentioned in my last health post, they discovered two new malignant tumors in my liver. We were hoping that wouldn’t be an issue as my priority on the transplant list went up pretty high and a new liver would have taken care of the problem. As it turns out, I haven’t scratched the winning lottery ticket on the list yet so in order to keep the tumors from growing so I can stay on the list, they had to take care of them.

This consisted of a two day procedure. Day one they put a probe in my groin. Yup, the good ole groin again. That makes four punctures there over the last four years and no I wasn’t asleep. They did a pretty good local block on it though and I didn’t feel a thing. The probe was to inject some marking dye and embolize blood vessels leading to the tumors. After that was done I was able to enjoy an all night expenses paid (by healthcare for once) stay in the hospital.

Day two they knocked my ass out! They had to since they poked two holes in me and jammed a microwave probe in there to nuke those tumors. After cooking on high for about 30 minutes they were done. I woke up, or tried to, in recovery. I’ve never had a problem waking up from general anesthetic before but as soon as I would wake up and say a few words, I would fall back asleep. They weren’t that concerned however, since they had used a very strong dose for the procedure. I eventually got all the way back into the land of consciousness and spent six hours in my hospital room before they released me.

I’m back in the rig now and had to do bed rest yesterday but I am up on and on the move (slowly) today. I’ll have an MRI in the next few weeks to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment and hopefully a liver offer soon. They keep saying that, “offer”, like I would turn it down!

P.S. October 23rd was my four year sober date. Don’t congratulate me, it sucks! 🙂

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