Kim may get to go home on Saturday. The doctor will see her and then let her know. Studies show that people heal faster in their home setting. I am sure she will be anxious to get down that road.
The doctors also had some surprising lab reports. After the surgery the surgical team thought they were dealing with an Ovarian “like” cancer. They didn’t think it was actual ovarian cancer because it was more in the tissue surrounding the ovaries. They did not hold the uterus in high suspect.
After the lab reports came back they told Kim and Shane that this is a rare type of endometrial cancer called: Papillary Serous Endometrial Carcinoma. This form is very aggressive and represents 5% of uterine cancers.
This staging is based upon the results seen at surgery by the pathologist. They had staged this at Stage 4 and will attack it aggressively.
In all likelihood the next steps are: Kim will get to go home this weekend then back next week to have her staples removed. She will remain at home to heal, be pampered by her family and friends and watch someone else vacuum. Kim will be meeting with her oncology team and have a check up before starting chemotherapy as an outpatient the last week of August. They will decide the chemo regiment in the next 2 weeks.
This is scary stuff. Kim has strong moments and some meltdowns. She is working hard at doing everything the doctors and nurses tell her to do and learning what it takes to beat this.
Jan Snyder
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