Hello. Thank you.
Yes, I will have to check my notes as I don't always remember specific details on treatments as it's been 10 years. Reading and finally commenting on this forum has been rewarding. I guess I have always been a little private with my cancer journey but this is a great outlet to read and connect with others. I have a fantastic oncologist at Regions hospital ( Dr. Jahagirdar) in St. Paul where I was referred by Dr. Xiao Feng, my doctor at the time. I first had symptoms in Fall of 2014 and the process of getting diagnosed and treatments followed fairly quickly. I began chemo in January - February 2015 at Regions cancer center. (I need to check my notes for chemo details). Skipping ahead to July of 2015 I had unsuccessful surgery at Regions and thought that was it. Dr. Wolpert, my surgeon was great but the situation ended up being more complicated and he backed out after an hour or so. So the process started for a plan B.
Don't remember all details here either so I'll jump to January 7th 2016. I owe my life to Dr. Farnel and his amazing team at Mayo where he performed successful surgery and that is why I am alive today!