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Introduction: advanced stage NET

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@whitebeard Hi and welcome to Mayo Connect. You have had quite the journey to get to this point of surgery. How are you feeling overall? What are you most concerned about moving forward?

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@tomrennie

I actually feel quite good. I definitely feel much better than a year ago.

The two days I was hospitalized, I was on the cancer floor and it drove home that this cancer is not like others. I’m not going to die a slow lingering death.

But, I could die very quickly.
The carcinoid crisis could have been much worse. I was lucky this time.
I could have an intestinal blockage.
Or, less fast, I could have liver failure.

Surgery to eliminate those risks sounds like a good plan and easy choice.

Bruce