Jim saw surgeon Steven J. Wang this afternoon to have what we’ve come to call his pork bun removed. A special bandage was actually sewn onto the skin above his right ear where Jim required a skin graft. Dr. Wang says that in healing, the higher the percentage number, the better. Jim’s skin is taking 100%.
The pathology report became available today:
26 nodes were removed and of these, 2 contained cancer. Jim is already expected to begin Interferon treatment in early November. Due to the size of the larger lymph node (the surgeon had never see one as large) and the fact that more than one node was affected, Jim is now an ideal candidate for radiation as well. More later…
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