Hi All,
Right at this moment kris is 6 hours into his mammoth surgery.
We had a long discussion with the 2 surgeons who are performing the surgery yesterday. They were very positive and stressed that his CT shows the tumor to be localized at the BOT again with no spread in either the head/ neck or to the lungs. They reiterated that they would not offer us this surgery if they thought he would not be a long term survivor. The surgery is so extensive as they need to ensure that all traces of the tumor are gone and that they have very clear margins.
They were very confident that kris will eat again and he will definitely speak again. Speech will take about 12 months as they do not insert the speaking valve until 6 months post surgery. They say he will be able to hold phone conversations. I'm so thrilled. Life won't be so bad after all. Yes, this is definitely life changing, but we will get there.
May this be the last time we ever have to front up to this dreadful disease.
Thank you , thank you for all the advice and encouragement,
Tammy