Good news and Bad news

The good news is that I am eligible to receive the Y90 radiation. They confirmed that these tumors are being fed by the blood so the Y90 will be effective. Also, not too much will leak out into my lungs or stomach. They put in the shunts right then and there. I had a nice drug induced conversation with the guys working on me as they went. I had those lovely drugs that keep you in that sweet space of almost awake almost asleep.

The bad news is there is more than they thought. One treatment is not likely to be enough…we’d be lucky they said (we’ve been lucky before). The treatment causes a good deal of liver damage and they don’t like to do it more than once. They may do a second treatment, but that would be at 1/2 the dose. That is the most they can do. After the first treatment, we’ll just have to reevaluate, consider all the options and go from there.

Nothing is scheduled yet, but it most likely will be scheduled for about 2-3 weeks from now. The radiation doc…Dr. Morris suggested I take 3 weeks off after the procedure. That seems like a lot, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

One step at a time.

Thank you for all your prayers, good wishes, intentions, thoughts and support. It helped us get through this day.

With Love

Janet