Hi

I'm here because I'm waiting to hear back after an MDT about an 8½cm liver lesion. Actually the lesion was originally spotted a few years ago when it was a bit smaller and I was getting ready for an unrelated surgery to remove a 14½cm cyst on my ovary. I was discharged in 2023 from the HPB team as the liver lesion was stable, although it was around 4cm at that time.

So fast forward to now, a recent blood result triggered another ultrasound and MRI, and this time the liver lesion is 8½cm and my consultant said they are 'very worried' and it has to be removed.

I feel like i'm in limbo. The surgery is going to happen, but i have no idea about timescales and I have no idea if i'm supposed to be worried or not. I feel guilty that it might be nothing and i'm wasting everyone's time, but then i feel guilty that it might be something and i might not be taking it seriously enough.

I am a single parent to two children, having lost my husband when they were babies, so I feel guilty that i'll need to ask for help from friends for a few weeks after my surgery, and maybe beyond, depending what comes from this. I can't make plans yet, because I don't know what the timings will be but because i will be heavily relying on friends, which i am really uncomfortable about (but so grateful to have friends who are willing to help out).

On top of that I have a history of fibroids and my current fibroids are now pretty huge, to the point where i'm being nudged in the direction of  a hysterectomy - something which I never wanted but is even less appetising considering I'll be having a big surgery for the liver thing.

Does anyone with experience of this sort of thing have any sense of how long it tends to take to go from MDT to booking a date for surgery?