On May 13th I underwent a Distal Pancreatectomy and Splenectomy to remove a possibly cancerous cyst from the tail end of my pancreas and to remove my spleen. The surgery went great. There were only minor complications...the cyst had attached itself to other parts of me, like my small intestine, large intestine, and my kidney in addition to the spleen. I also lost some blood, so 2 days following my surgery when my blood levels just wouldn't get better, I received two units of blood via transfusion. I was in the hospital for 6 days and then I was ready to come home. I officially HATE hospitals and hope I never have to spend time there again.
The incision to cut my abdomen open to perform the surgery was 7 inches long. I had 29 staples to close it up. I am healing and feeling better every day and I wanted to post some pictures so that IF you are interested you can see how awesome my scar is gonna be!!
12 days post surgery (day of staple removal)
4 weeks post surgery...healing very nicely!!
*And the best part............NO CANCER!! That's right it was totally BENIGN! That's what I call a tender mercy!!!!
3 comments:
Wow -- that is a gnarly scar! What a traumatic time for you and the family -- waiting for the results is sooo tough! Glad to hear that it was benign -- that is a tender mercy! Hope the healing continues quickly. LOv eyou most.
So glad that it wasn't cancer! Hoping that you are feeling better and healing FAST!
It hurts just to LOOK at that scar, I can't imagine what you've gone through! I can't express how cool I think you are to put scar pictures on your blog, you totally rock. Makes me want to blog my scar pictures too!!
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