Maia Shibutani Surgery

[skatesindreams]

Adding my thoughts and prayers to all those already shared.

 

[Perky Shae Lynn]

Sending positive vibes and love Maia's way. Tough week in sports. NHL's Oskar Lindblom has been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma. Hoping Maia gets the 40% news.

 

[love skating]

Prayers and best wishes for Maia. Glad that regardless of the diagnosis it seems thanks to that stomach virus they have caught this early.

 

[SLIVER]

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[BittyBug]

@SLIVER I think the poster meant that the stomach virus ended up being a blessing because it led them to discover the mass.

 

[OlieRow]

Yes, sounds like she went to the ED with what ultimately ended up being a stomach virus and as part of her work-up had a CT which revealed the renal mass. Hoping all ends up being benign and she has a speedy recovery.

 

[VGThuy]

I’m wishing her all the best. This is really scary news.

 

[Tinami Amori]

In view of all the internet-gossips that take place (in ALL places, don't mean USA), i found this comment somewhat troubling.

"While this is deeply personal news, I don’t want rumors to spread, or for anyone to worry in case people say they saw me at the hospital."

A person in a critical condition needs to worry about "rumors not to spread, because someone sees her in a hospital"... not making public statements, not commenting on social media..... just laying in an emergency room, and has to worry about gossips.

 

[love skating]

@SLIVER I think the poster meant that the stomach virus ended up being a blessing because it led them to discover the mass.

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. The benign stomach virus led them to do an MRI which helped them catch the more dangerous mass hopefully at an early stage. So sorry if I worded that poorly. My gosh I would never make light of the possibility of cancer - cancer has sadly touched my family way too often - I've lost my father as well as many other close relatives to this horrid disease. I absolutely hate it and know the seriousness of it. I was being thankful that Maia got screened when she did. I'm thankful that my brother and aunt are cancer survivors cause they caught it early. I apologize again if my words did not come across correctly. I'm horrified that I was misunderstood. I think we are all supporting Maia and keeping her in our best thoughts.

 

[rfisher]

I've had this surgery. She had a partial nepthrectomy, likely with the DaVinci robotic system (no open incisions) and would have gone home the next day. Recovery is rapid and relatively easy. She's certainly not the typical patient for this but according to my urologist, more young women are being diagnosed and they aren't certain why. But, catching it as an incidental finding (that's how mine was found as well) means it was caught early and the prognosis is good.

 

[Aceon6]

I've had this surgery. She had a partial nepthrectomy, likely with the DaVinci robotic system (no open incisions) and would have gone home the next day. Recovery is rapid and relatively easy. She's certainly not the typical patient for this but according to my urologist, more young women are being diagnosed and they aren't certain why. But, catching it as an incidental finding (that's how mine was found as well) means it was caught early and the prognosis is good.

DH also had a partial nephrectomy. The finding was oncocytoma which is probably what her doctor is thinking as the 40%.

 

[DreamSkates]

Oh my! Prayers for a positive diagnosis and smooth recovery.

 

[LilJen]

Yikes!! Glad they caught it early and adding my prayers that it was benign.

 

[Vash01]

Wishing Maia a full and speedy recovery.

 

[TAHbKA]

Speedy recovery to Maia

 

[Lara]

I've had this surgery. She had a partial nepthrectomy, likely with the DaVinci robotic system (no open incisions) and would have gone home the next day. Recovery is rapid and relatively easy. She's certainly not the typical patient for this but according to my urologist, more young women are being diagnosed and they aren't certain why. But, catching it as an incidental finding (that's how mine was found as well) means it was caught early and the prognosis is good.

I studied renal cell carcinoma for my Master’s - it has a relatively large age range but Maia would really be on the low end. 60’s is more the peak. So it’s interesting what your urologist said.

Here’s hoping that’s not what Maia has, and if so that it was indeed caught early enough (fortunately sounds like it). There’s been good advances treating RCC with immunotherapy, it’s developing resistance to treatment that’s the big problem.

 

[sjs5572]

I studied renal cell carcinoma for my Master’s - it has a relatively large age range but Maia would really be on the low end. 60’s is more the peak. So it’s interesting what your urologist said.

Here’s hoping that’s not what Maia has, and if so that it was indeed caught early enough (fortunately sounds like it). There’s been good advances treating RCC with immunotherapy, it’s developing resistance to treatment that’s the big problem.

My friend had renal cell carcinoma diagnosed when he had an MRI for an unrelated back problem. It was caught early and he is fine ten years later with no post-operative treatment. Stage 1 generally has a good prognosis.

 

[Kasey]

Wishing her a fast and full recovery.

 

[barbarafan]

My beloved dog Bean in my profile picture has kidney cancer. He had his kidney removed and is doing well. Praying this beautiful young woman will never have to face cancer of any kind.

Sorry about your pup...Glad he is doing better.

 

[suki]

Why do bad things happen to the best people? Wishing beautiful Maia healing and a long, healthy life.

 

[Sylvia]

Maia's update today (she ends: "... I’m grateful for all of the messages of encouragement - I feel very cared for and supported. This recovery will take time and I’m still waiting on news, but I’m determined to come back stronger.":

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[OrioleBeagle]

Maia's update today:

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Who is the Alex she is referring to?

 

[VGThuy]

Who is the Alex she is referring to?

Her brother and skating partner, Alex Shibutani.

 

[LilJen]

Maia's update today (she ends: "... I’m grateful for all of the messages of encouragement - I feel very cared for and supported. This recovery will take time and I’m still waiting on news, but I’m determined to come back stronger.":

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Go big brother Alex! Good brother.

 

[skatfan]

That photo of Alex helping her to walk is so heartwarming. Abdominal surgery is no fun.

 

[Tavi]

That photo of Alex healing her to walk is so heartwarming. Abdominal surgery is no fun.

That picture also really touched me.

 

[IceAlisa]

Who is the Alex she is referring to?

 

[HeatherC]

Wishing Maia a complete and full recovery and sending her my best wishes and prayers as well. Scary news for someone so young!

 

[IceAlisa]

The bad news: Maia's pathology came back deficient renal cell carcinoma. The good news: her prognosis is good as this cancer rarely metastasizes and resection is the prescribed treatment, which has already been done.

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[DreamSkates]

Oh my! Even with successful removal, hearing that you have "cancer" is frightening. Been there done that. So glad she has a positive prognosis.