Shandi's fight against cancer
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13 years ago I met my wife. Soon after she fell violently ill. After a struggle with several local doctors we got her to a doctor in spokane. Where after nine day of tests and her coming very close to losing the fight for her life she was diagnosed with lupus. From that diagnosis Shandi had a miracle recovery going into full remission in only 3 months and only having 1 relaps in the 13 years following.
We were married a year later and 7 years ago had a child even though her Drs all stated it wasn't a smart thing to do with her lupus. Terra (our daughter) came and was born perfect. Shandi had little trouble with the pregnancy, but was fine after having a c section.
2 months ago Shandi started having bloating in her abdomen. Her primary doctor thought it was constipation or severe acid reflux. Meanwhile Shandi felt like her insides were sloshing around. She took matters into her own hands and saw a gastroenterologist. After doing ultrsounds that showed masses on the ovaries, he recommended her see Dr. Grosen at the Cancer Center in Spokane.
We had an appointment 3 days later.
So we get to the appointment with Dr Grosen and she tells Shandi that her test for ovarian cancer was positive and that she (Dr Grosen) has seen spots in the liver. So an MRI was in order to see if the cysts were cancerous. 2 days pass and the we get the reponse from the MRI that its just cysts in the liver and that Shandi has a surgery for a hysterectomy on the 26th of May. As there was still a concern of multiple organs having cancer due to the liquid in Shandi's abdomen Dr Grosen told us that she was going to check some of the organs when she did the hysterectomy.
As it stands today on the 27th of May 2016. The final word for my wife's cancer is this. She has cancer of the apendix. It was so bad that the cancer burst from the apendix and spread to the ovaries causing cancer to form there. They had to remove a large section of her colon and in a month she will have to undergo a surgery known as hipec. Hipec is a type of one time chemo that is mixed straight into abdomen.
Because of having to deal with surgeries and healing and medication side effects Shandi will be out of work for several months. Her prognosis was given as good but her fight with cancer has also just begun. Any and all help would be welcome and greatly appreciated. Thank u to all.
We were married a year later and 7 years ago had a child even though her Drs all stated it wasn't a smart thing to do with her lupus. Terra (our daughter) came and was born perfect. Shandi had little trouble with the pregnancy, but was fine after having a c section.
2 months ago Shandi started having bloating in her abdomen. Her primary doctor thought it was constipation or severe acid reflux. Meanwhile Shandi felt like her insides were sloshing around. She took matters into her own hands and saw a gastroenterologist. After doing ultrsounds that showed masses on the ovaries, he recommended her see Dr. Grosen at the Cancer Center in Spokane.
We had an appointment 3 days later.
So we get to the appointment with Dr Grosen and she tells Shandi that her test for ovarian cancer was positive and that she (Dr Grosen) has seen spots in the liver. So an MRI was in order to see if the cysts were cancerous. 2 days pass and the we get the reponse from the MRI that its just cysts in the liver and that Shandi has a surgery for a hysterectomy on the 26th of May. As there was still a concern of multiple organs having cancer due to the liquid in Shandi's abdomen Dr Grosen told us that she was going to check some of the organs when she did the hysterectomy.
As it stands today on the 27th of May 2016. The final word for my wife's cancer is this. She has cancer of the apendix. It was so bad that the cancer burst from the apendix and spread to the ovaries causing cancer to form there. They had to remove a large section of her colon and in a month she will have to undergo a surgery known as hipec. Hipec is a type of one time chemo that is mixed straight into abdomen.
Because of having to deal with surgeries and healing and medication side effects Shandi will be out of work for several months. Her prognosis was given as good but her fight with cancer has also just begun. Any and all help would be welcome and greatly appreciated. Thank u to all.
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Joshua Ryan Fey
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Moscow, ID