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Posted: Oct 31, 2011

wow.  what a journey i have undergone.  on tuesday, 10/11/11, i underwnt my left radical nephrectomy at the university of michigan.  the incision went through four layers of muscle groups in my back/flank.  28 staples.

i have a new lease on life.  thank you all for your kind words and prayers.  i have emerged a better woman. 

seven hours on the OR table, agony of excruciating pain beyond description, pain pills and sleep for days on end --- and it is now all behind me.  to think that in the course of 5 weeks i have gone from panic-stricken to cancer survivor is amazing.  wonders never cease.

 

once again, thank you friends.  i'm taking it real easy, just glad to be back.  -- M

 

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Welcome back! - mthead

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Best wishes for a speedy recovery. So glad your operation was a success. Sounds like you've got a great group of friends and neighbors; you must be a very special person! So happy for you!

Congrats! - Rainy

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Glad to hear it is all behind you now.

Congrats! - Survivor2

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CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'm so sorry you had to go through this, and the surgery recuperation sounds so painful, having to go through so many muscle groups. I hope you are on the mend and doing better every day. I'm also a survivor of bladder cancer (much easier surgeries) with recurrences x3. Ten years out now and doing great. It sure gives you a whole new perspective on life, doesn't it? You take care.

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