My first scan is in March and I have no idea what the future holds, this illness sucks but I’m embracing the moment……
MOAS
MOAS – ‘Mother of all Surgeries’ – patients’ name for cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
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Jill’s Book Review
I was really positive about my recovery after the major operation for pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). I took things really slowly and took good care of myself.
Dead Man to Iron Man
As I came to terms with the news, I understood that it would be important for me to get as fit as I could to face such an invasive operation ominously dubbed the “The Mother of all Surgeries” or MOAS.
I was diagnosed with an inflamed appendix
Before I was diagnosed, I experienced increased abdominal size and piercing pain which was diagnosed initially with an inflamed appendix. It took about four months and another doctor for me to get the correct diagnosis at the end of January 2014.