Arrived back in Swansea today. Mum had her operation at 1130 this morning. It didn't go as planned as they were unable to remove the lump as it is attached to her aorta making it too dangerous to attempt. She has seen the surgeon following this and he has explained that they did biopsy the lump but they won't get the results for 2 weeks or so. There then needs to be a series of case conferences with the various specialists involved to decide on the best course of action. This won't all have taken place until about 6 weeks time.
The possible treatment options are either radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy if the lump is malignant or steroids if it is benign. We have no idea what the prognosis from any of these options would be although I imagine that "benign" will be the best outcome. And clearly they would all have been better if the lump had been removed first. I'll let you know as soon as we know more.
Visited Mum this evening in hospital and she looks very well considering. She has a nice room all to herself with her own toilet (although not a shower) and she seemed in quite good spirits. She wasn't in too much pain although I suspect this will change as the anaesthetic wears off. She does have a morphine pump though (which I always found a great comfort). She is expecting to be discharged on Friday all being well.
And that's all we know. Thank you to Kathryn for the card and to DD as well (and to the 2 other people whose cards I haven't looked at yet!) and to everyone for their good wishes. And that's all for tonight. Keep your fingers crossed everyone. Ta. J x
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