all clear for theraspheres!

iluvmms
iluvmms Member Posts: 134 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I got the news a few minutes ago that i am set for the spheres. I gett hem on monday the 28th. I did the dry run and test yesterday and everything was a go! I think this will be very good news for me! I am nervous but maybe it will get me to resection!!


Christy

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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #2
    I am happy for you! Good
    I am happy for you! Good luck!
  • Shayenne
    Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
    #3
    AnneCan said:

    I am happy for you! Good
    I am happy for you! Good luck!

    Awesome!
    That's great news!! I really hope these work for you, let me know how it goes, keep us updated on what they do, and the side effects and all that, I'd love to hear it. Good Luck with it, you'll be in my prayers!

    Hugsss!
    ~Donna
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #4
    Thinking of You
    Hoping that all goes well with that. I don't know what it is, but I hope that it works well.

    Kim
  • Paula G.
    Paula G. Member Posts: 596
    #5
    Wishing you well
    Good luck Christy. Thinking of you. Paula
  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #6
    Paula G. said:

    Wishing you well
    Good luck Christy. Thinking of you. Paula

    Good luck with your new treatment
    Hope it worksout well for you.....STeve
  • geotina
    geotina Member Posts: 2,111 Member
    #7
    Wow
    I am so happy that the spheres are a go for you. Please keep us updated on this treatment. Do you know if they can do spheres if you have mets in the lungs as well as the liver? I'm trying to look at some treatment options to talk to the oncologist about when we go in January. Thanks Tina
  • ittapp
    ittapp Member Posts: 383 Member
    #8
    Sir Spheres
    Is this the same as Sir Speres? that is what they will be doing the work up on me. Let me know what you had to do for the work up. Patti
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #9
    Great!
    Christy, that's great! Can't wait to hear how it goes.

    *hugs*
    Gail
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  • KATE58
    KATE58 Member Posts: 299
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    unknown said:

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    What are theraspheres and
    What are theraspheres and sirspheres ?
    I have read on posts about people getting
    them but no one says exactly what they are.

    kATE
  • ittapp
    ittapp Member Posts: 383 Member
    #12
    KATE58 said:

    What are theraspheres and
    What are theraspheres and sirspheres ?
    I have read on posts about people getting
    them but no one says exactly what they are.

    kATE

    Hey Kate, Sir Spheres is a
    Hey Kate, Sir Spheres is a procedure that is administered through the portal vein of the upper thigh. They send seeds of radiation through this vein to the liver,and it collects in the tumors. You can have anywhere from 25%-90% shrinkage in the liver. You have to be off of Avastan 6 weeks before they can do the procedure. I am in the process of coming off of Avastan to qualify. I have to see a Radiology Therapist Monday, he will make the final decision on this procedure for me. At that point I will have to go in to have a mapping of my veins to see how I will do. Patti
  • Kathryn_in_MN
    Kathryn_in_MN Member Posts: 1,252 Member
    #13
    good news
    I hope this works well for you.
  • iluvmms
    iluvmms Member Posts: 134 Member
    #14
    Kathryn_in_MN said:

    good news
    I hope this works well for you.

    theraspheres
    thanks for all your support. I had the "dry run" as they call it on the 16th and I go in the 28th for procedure. The testing they do is to see if the radiation will go any where else and how it will effect lungs. My test came out great and I am ready to go. They say it could "kill" tumors or shrink them. I hope for the best!! I have to stay over night in Moffitt in Tampa Florida.
  • ittapp
    ittapp Member Posts: 383 Member
    #15
    iluvmms said:

    theraspheres
    thanks for all your support. I had the "dry run" as they call it on the 16th and I go in the 28th for procedure. The testing they do is to see if the radiation will go any where else and how it will effect lungs. My test came out great and I am ready to go. They say it could "kill" tumors or shrink them. I hope for the best!! I have to stay over night in Moffitt in Tampa Florida.

    Hi Iluvmms, I went to see
    Hi Iluvmms, I went to see the Radiology Therapist today and he agreed with the Interventional Radiologist that we are a go for Sir Spheres it is the same as Theresheres, I asked today. I will go for my dry run on the 11th. I am so glad you are a go for this procedure. Please let me know how it goes. What did you Dr. say about % of shrinkage? He told me anywhere from 35%-90% Let me know what you have been told. patti

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