Oh, I beat it in 2007.
It came back in my liver again in 2008.
I beat it again and it came back in my liver once more and a lymph node by my aorta in 2009.
I’ve been clear since October 5th, 2009. That day they removed the lower third of my liver and took my gallbladder as well.
They removed the lymph node that was hot and a few others in the vicinity just in case.
Then they shielded my organs as best they could, except for the aorta, which withstands radiation pretty well (????) and they performed intra-operative radiation therapy inside my body on the tumor bed where that lymph node had been, right there in the OR while I was open on the table.
Instead of going five days a week for six weeks like I had to when I got radiation in my hips/pelvic area, they just zapped me once inside and I was done.
I do not recommend doing any of this if you can avoid it. And if you have ever had a rib spreader used on you, then you understand the soreness that comes with that for a few weeks after.
All of that was done at M.D. Anderson in Houston.