MOAS • Pseudomyxoma Survivor

What’s MOAS?

MOAS is an abbreviation for the term the “Mother of All Surgeries” and refers to CRS and HIPEC.

The top of the paper read “Carcinoma of the Appendix”

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After my ruptured appendix was removed, the surgeon said the operation “took a little longer, it was messy in there.” For the follow-up, he called me in earlier to give me the bad news.

Dead Man to Iron Man

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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.

This illness sucks but I’m embracing the moment

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Just over 18 months ago, I had a full hysterectomy because they thought I had ovarian cancer….

Liam wanted the legal right to a dignified end

In the Media

In March 2014, Liam received a diagnosis of pseudomyxoma peritonei, a type of appendix cancer that is rare.

I was told it looked like ovarian cancer… but it wasn’t

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After my diagnosis with metastatic, well-differentiated mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix, my doctor said I have a 72% chance of being alive in 10 years; those are great odds for a cancer patient.