plastic stent in liver..anyone?
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larry
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Plastic Stent
I was just in the hospital the last few weeks having a stent placed. I was jaudice and my onc sent me to see a doc friend of his to get this stent placed. He was talking about placing a titantium stent that would be more permanent. My cancer is in my liver and the tumors were pinching off my bile ducts.
I see a surgeon next week about my gall bladder.
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plastic stentNanaOhio said:Plastic Stent
I was just in the hospital the last few weeks having a stent placed. I was jaudice and my onc sent me to see a doc friend of his to get this stent placed. He was talking about placing a titantium stent that would be more permanent. My cancer is in my liver and the tumors were pinching off my bile ducts.
I see a surgeon next week about my gall bladder.
So much fun.
First let me thank you for responding to my note,you are the first who has had comments or are familiar with this it seems,
just this week I had the procedure to replace the existing drain tube with the plastic stent ,in fact the Dr said that my bile ducts/drain were in good enough shape that I could have done without, but they put one in just to be certain everything stayed open and clear. the relief from having the drainage tube (changed about 8 times over the past year)removed was immediate, I just have a hole in my side from the tube that needs to heal. I don't know if Avastin is a part of your chemo treatment, but my oncologist says its probably what was responsible for the eradication of the tumors in my liver in 6 months (treatments with other drugs every two weeks.) I hope all goes well with you, I see that if its appropriate the use of a stent over a drain tube (which seems to clog often and requires a lot of maintenance and discomfort) has its advantages, but above all listen to your Dr's, placing a stent (and the metal ones are more permanent )and removing one if there is a problem can be risky, its a different scenario for everyone, I am definitely glad that we took the plastic stent route, but it may not be an alternative for everyone.
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permenant stenttrspitfire said:plastic stent
First let me thank you for responding to my note,you are the first who has had comments or are familiar with this it seems,
just this week I had the procedure to replace the existing drain tube with the plastic stent ,in fact the Dr said that my bile ducts/drain were in good enough shape that I could have done without, but they put one in just to be certain everything stayed open and clear. the relief from having the drainage tube (changed about 8 times over the past year)removed was immediate, I just have a hole in my side from the tube that needs to heal. I don't know if Avastin is a part of your chemo treatment, but my oncologist says its probably what was responsible for the eradication of the tumors in my liver in 6 months (treatments with other drugs every two weeks.) I hope all goes well with you, I see that if its appropriate the use of a stent over a drain tube (which seems to clog often and requires a lot of maintenance and discomfort) has its advantages, but above all listen to your Dr's, placing a stent (and the metal ones are more permanent )and removing one if there is a problem can be risky, its a different scenario for everyone, I am definitely glad that we took the plastic stent route, but it may not be an alternative for everyone.
thank you again for your response to my inquiry
hi
i just came back from the hospital my mom has just been through this procedure but because she is in a rather bad condition she had the metal permenant one
nothing yet but the doc is expecting the bullirubin will be normal in 1 week time
i didn't think that knowing pepole w the same condition helps & encourages a lot
hope every thing goes well for u & for my mom0
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