[Jackie07]

Brought it up to the young medical oncologist, and he vehemently denied that I had liver cancer (secondary to ...). "It's some kind of allergic reaction," he explained. So the 'liver cancer' entry must have been put on the neurosurgery chart by mistake.

Was supposed to have surgery last Wednesday, but was cancelled because the following Friday's brain MRI and appointment with the neurosurgeon couldn't be rescheduled. A young resident doctor explained to me that if cancer is found at the tip of the appendix, then the procedure will be simply removing the appendix. However, if cancer is found at the base attached to the colon, then another surgery will be arranged within four, five days to remove part of the colon.

The lady surgeon who's highly specialized in GI oncology surgery just left for her 3-week vacation, so another GI surgeon will see me tomorrow at 1 pm to arrange for the surgery.

Did not cancel the 11:30 am consultation appointment with the director of the GI Department as I do like to get his input. (Such as whether or not there's any other GI stuff that I can go ahead remove ...

Steamed some left-over take-outs and ate a good meal tonight. You'all have no idea how long I've been eating oatmeal (with a lot of fruit and yogurt) for breakfast/lunch/midnight snack. (I've been having bowel problems for quite a while now.) Hopefully the good eating habit of the past few years will pay off.

Thanks again for all your support. All my (5）siblings have been informed of my situation now, and Oldest Sis will be accompanied by her daughter to visit me from June 6 to June 11. 2nd Sis will be attending wedding of one of her husband's nieces in New Jersey late May and will join all of us June 6 as well. Then they will be flying back to Taiwan together. Haven't seen them since 1998 (forgot that 2nd Sis had stayed with me for a month after my mastectomy in 2007) ...