In addition to another paracentesis today, the fine folks at UTSW Interventional Radiology performed a core biopsy. Although I have already received a diagnosis of peritoneal carcinomatosis, the core biopsy is intended to allow the oncologist to fine-tune the chemo cocktail to be as effective as possible.
By the way, today’s paracentesis makes a total of just over 6 liters of fluid drained from my abdomen — 5 liters last week, and 1.25 liters today. For the last couple of months, as that fluid built up, I was thinking wow am I old and fat. (Now, of course, I’m thinking wow I have advanced stage cancer.) But draining all that fluid, which was shoving up against everything, including my lungs, certainly has made it easier to breathe and work.