Welcome to the ninth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk about my wife Kristine's liver surgery.

Her liver surgery was in January 2022. There is a lot involved in a loved one getting to surgery, and care partners can help them prepare for this challenging time. I also talked about staying in the hospital room to help her (and help distract) as well as during recovery and healing.

Full transcription can be found on the website (http://carepartnerscompass.transistor.fm)

Host, producer/editor, and composer: Elsa Lankford

Kristine - You're so much more than chopped liver to me (ba dum bah!) ❤️

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Helpful links related to this episode:

• Colontown.org - this is the group where I met new great friends who were CRC patients or care partners.
• Preparing for Surgery - from the American Cancer Society is a helpful resource
• Prehabilitation Resources from Cancer Research UK
• Clinical research showing that prehabilitation for CRC surgery is beneficial - hopefully this is something that can become standard of care for any CRC surgery

• (01:38) - Getting scans to see if she could get to surgery