My thymoma journey- after surgery

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  • čas přidán 17. 07. 2019
  • Open chest surgery with median sternotomy to remove thymoma

Komentáře • 16

  • @janetkiss9759
    @janetkiss9759 Před 9 dny

    Where did u have surgery

  • @reddbone6433
    @reddbone6433 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow just found your channel. I am one month out from surgery. I was diagnosed with an anterior mediastinal thymoma. I am doing well just extremely sore still. So glad to find your videos and to see you are doing well.
    Do you find yourself getting sad or depressed just crying sometimes after the surgery?

    • @christyliengu8912
      @christyliengu8912 Před 3 lety +1

      I've been diagnosed with thymoma.I've never been this scared

  • @HuangLewis
    @HuangLewis Před 4 lety +1

    Sarah, did you do adjuvant chemo? Biopsy? Did ct scan show any invasion/adhesion to any organs?

  • @justwanabebeautiful
    @justwanabebeautiful Před 4 lety +1

    Just had a ct cause i have myasthenia gravis and they found a rather large Thymoma im scared but this helped thanks for this video

    • @Thymomaupdates
      @Thymomaupdates  Před 4 lety

      Stay positive and just know there is a light at the end of the tunnel! I'm 4 months post OP and feel fantastic! Back to 90% health and doing everything I was doing before. If you have any post OP questions feel free to ask x

    • @justwanabebeautiful
      @justwanabebeautiful Před 4 lety

      Sarah Likestobelittlespoon did you end up needing radiation therapy and was the pathology confirmed to be benign ? Im also 29 years old i live in Ontario canada 🇨🇦 im so afraid its cancer

    • @Thymomaupdates
      @Thymomaupdates  Před 4 lety

      @@justwanabebeautiful the pathology was confirmed benign as in there were no cancer cells. The cells had spread to the edge of the membrane. I was passed to an oncologist and we discussed radiation. The surgeon felt like he got it all and the pathologist agreed so I decided not to go through with it. The negatives of radiation and getting a secondary aggressive cancer from it were too high to do it on a maybe. Plus once you ve had radiation on an area you cant have it again so I didn't want to limit my options in the future. There is great debate whether a thymoma is or isn't cancer ...but my oncologist said it wasn't and my doctor said it wasn't and my insurance refused to pay out saying it wasn't so I'm going with them.

    • @HuangLewis
      @HuangLewis Před 4 lety

      Dear Sarah, did they use chemo to shrink it first?

    • @desperadopharaoh2361
      @desperadopharaoh2361 Před 4 lety

      @@Thymomaupdates how are u feeling now everything ok?

  • @baronghede2365
    @baronghede2365 Před rokem +1

    Eliminate pork, sugar, dairy, redmeat, candy, sweets, processed food and fried foods from your diet and juice every hour on the hour, Blessed Be.

  • @mauricesledmere9663
    @mauricesledmere9663 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for sharing all this information, can I ask you what size Thymoma did you have.

    • @Thymomaupdates
      @Thymomaupdates  Před 4 lety

      10 cm

    • @mauricesledmere9663
      @mauricesledmere9663 Před 4 lety

      Sarah Likestobelittlespoon Thank you I think you are a lovely positive person, you have shared your experience openly. I very much admire you for sharing your valuable information with everyone. Stay strong and wish you a speedy recovery.

    • @HuangLewis
      @HuangLewis Před 4 lety

      Dear Sarah, mine is also that big... I'm supposed to do chemo first to get better resection margins. You did chemo? How are you now?

    • @baronghede2365
      @baronghede2365 Před rokem

      Huang Lewis: eliminate, pork, sugar, dairy, redmeat, candy, sweets, processed food and fried foods from your diet and juice every hour on the hour, Blessed Be.