January 25, 2012

My day at the Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Well I would say my day went much better than expected considering I was prodded several times. For those of you that work at UAMS...I did not experience the Disney Pointing rules.

I got to the center @ 1:30 pm to experience the "welcoming" the cancer center has to offer. After a nice normal waiting period that you always have...I checked in and then went upstairs to the Women's Clinic.

I am very impressed with the staff and doctors there. Dr. Burnett was excellent, I felt very comfortable and knew I was in great qualified care. Soon I found out I have Koslopus squamous cell kancer stage 1.

I will be having surgery on February 21st by the hands of Dr. Burnett and Mr. Roboto... It will be a robotic surgery with 5 small incisions. Recovery time is much less than regular but the bad side will be having my own urinary catheter bag for two weeks.

They will be also taking all my pelvic lymph nodes associated with my Koslopus. I will not know about radiation or chemo until after the pathology comes back from surgery.

All and all I feel a little relieved, still nervous but it all seems a little less scary thanks to UAMS.