Groin pain

[John Saxby]

Best wishes for your recovery, George.  Your discipline and residual fitness will help greatly, I'm sure.

In the meantime, a wee bit of humour, borrowed from our sister-in-law in Little Rock, AR: "Every conversation these days begins with an organ recital." 

Cheers,  John

[Matt2matt2002]

Best wishes for your recovery, George.  Your discipline and residual fitness will help greatly, I'm sure.

In the meantime, a wee bit of humour, borrowed from our sister-in-law in Little Rock, AR: "Every conversation these days begins with an organ recital." 

Cheers,  John

Ha ha. Very good. I'm very aware now of repeating my latest up-date to folks. I always try to finish off with a, 'and how are you keeping?'.

[Matt2matt2002]

Hi folks; a wee up-date and it's good news.

I met my gastric surgeon last Wednesday.
I had finished my chemo treatments, ( something I'd only wish on my worse enemies! ) and he had the latest results showing that the cancer had shrunk to an acceptable level. My weight has increased on a regular basis.
Before this nightmare began I was 11 stones. At my lowest I was just above 9 stones! Quite a drop over a month+.

It was a relaxed and un-hurried meeting and my cancer support nurse attended, but there were so many facts, options and what could go wrongs, that even with my wife next to me we came away with a slightly confused memory. But the core facts are; the chemo did it's job, surgery is scheduled for Nov. 17th. Recovery in hospital will be 2+ weeks. Maybe less. Full recovery into next Spring/Summer. Possible second dose of chemo, depending on the results from whatever they cut out of me. It will be the lower part of the oesophagus and part of the stomach. It's an all day operation so classified as major.

I mentioned my hernia to the surgeon since my GP had said it could be fixed as the same time as the main operation. He wasn't certain but said he'd flag it for the gastro surgeon.
The surgeon took a look at it and said he'd take advice from a 'hernia' surgeon and put it on the 'maybe' list. Since it's a long op they may not have time and I may not be up to it myself, body-wise.

So that's the latest folks.

All advice and comments very much appreciated.

Matt, from a very wet, windy and cold Aberdeeen Scotland.

[mickeg]

Hi folks; a wee up-date and it's good news.

.... But the core facts are; the chemo did it's job, surgery is scheduled for Nov. 17th. Recovery in hospital will be 2+ weeks. Maybe less. Full recovery into next Spring/Summer. Possible second dose of chemo, depending on the results from whatever they cut out of me. It will be the lower part of the oesophagus and part of the stomach. It's an all day operation so classified as major....

Follow their instructions closely so you don't mess anything up, and it should work out.  You will probably lose a lot of muscle mass from inactivity, so you should factor in some physical therapy to recover too.  And for bike touring, which is an endurance sport with multi-hour continuous exertion, you may need to re-train your body organs for endurance purposes.

I know a gal that had leukemia about a year ago, chemo treatments, long stay in hospital, etc.  She was telling me that her type of cancer and treatment meant that she lost most of her immunity, so she had to be careful to avoid potential exposure to just about every potential infection.  If you are in that situation, be extra careful that you do not succumb to some simple illness that we no longer think is worth mentioning.

I like to have a paper notepad and pen in hand when I talk to the medical staff.  Four days ago my Dr and I briefly discussed how paper notes are becoming a thing of the past.  I of course was writing with a fountain pen. 

Studies have shown that when you write something on paper, you have much better memory retention of that than if you typed it on a keyboard.

[Matt2matt2002]

Hi folks; a wee up-date and it's good news.

.... But the core facts are; the chemo did it's job, surgery is scheduled for Nov. 17th. Recovery in hospital will be 2+ weeks. Maybe less. Full recovery into next Spring/Summer. Possible second dose of chemo, depending on the results from whatever they cut out of me. It will be the lower part of the oesophagus and part of the stomach. It's an all day operation so classified as major....

Follow their instructions closely so you don't mess anything up, and it should work out.  You will probably lose a lot of muscle mass from inactivity, so you should factor in some physical therapy to recover too.  And for bike touring, which is an endurance sport with multi-hour continuous exertion, you may need to re-train your body organs for endurance purposes.

I know a gal that had leukemia about a year ago, chemo treatments, long stay in hospital, etc.  She was telling me that her type of cancer and treatment meant that she lost most of her immunity, so she had to be careful to avoid potential exposure to just about every potential infection.  If you are in that situation, be extra careful that you do not succumb to some simple illness that we no longer think is worth mentioning.

I like to have a paper notepad and pen in hand when I talk to the medical staff.  Four days ago my Dr and I briefly discussed how paper notes are becoming a thing of the past.  I of course was writing with a fountain pen. 

Studies have shown that when you write something on paper, you have much better memory retention of that than if you typed it on a keyboard.

good advice
thanks