A non-event?

I finally heard from the surgeon yesterday evening. Around 6:30 p.m. he called up and said he had been on call all weekend and on Monday too. He hadn't had a chance to get a hold of Blinkoff (the gastro doc) and planned on contacting him today. The liver spot(s) are nothing - he referred to it (them - I'm still not sure if we're talking in the plural sense. The surgeon referred to them in the plural sense and the gastroenterologist singularly. ) Anyway, the name used was hemangioma .

He also said that that the histology report was "favorable" and that the cells in the polyp were well differentiated {follow the link on that one}. So, from what I just read, it's similar to a low grade or grade I cancer. Which means that the cancer is not very aggressive.

So now the surgeon is hesitant about the surgery. Since it's so low, there are some side effects that I could have that don't sound very desirable at all. He wants to do some type of ultrasound and I'm still not sure if that will answer the question of whether or not this surgery is worth the effort & pain. That's why the surgeon wants more testing. He has performed an operation like this before and the pathologist report came back negative on the piece removed so he felt that the patient went through hell for nothing. I don't know, maybe a piece of mind is worth it.

If I don't get a resection, we won't know for sure if the cancer was only in the polyp - it's just a best guess right now by one surgeon. If there is cancer still present, then it'll spread and I could be looking worse problems than what was presented to me last night. It seems kind of like playing Russian Roulette.... I'd rather play Beer Hunter, thank you. I guess it's time to consult an oncologist.

This whole thing has left me a little more than mad and very anxious. One guy tells me we need to do this since it is pretty standard and we want to make sure there is no chance of cancer spread. The slice & dice guy thinks it's worth the risk of leaving it alone... maybe...

If I don't get 'er done, I'll always be concerned about spread. If I do get it done, it may all be for naught... If this isn't a conundrum, I don't know what is...