radiofrequency ablation

La.Grammy
La.Grammy Member Posts: 35
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
My husband has bone mets. He has a 7 x 12 cm mass located between his ribs & his lung.
The dr is going to do radiofrequency ablation on it next week.
The dr said it was very rare cancer. Has anyone else had the radiofrequency ablation and did it shrink the turmor?
Thanks
Jeannie

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  • msccolon
    msccolon Member Posts: 1,917 Member
    #2
    ablation
    I had microwave ablation, which is a little newer than the RFA, but it is still very similar! Zapped the bugger completely! And recovery was minimal! I had a small met in my liver and one on my left adrenal gland. Zapped them both at one go, which was about 4 hours. Really had more pain from the adrenal gland, since the kidney seemed to have absorbed quite a bit of the microwave. I have very small scars and I really was just out for the weekend. the stay at the hospital was overnight and that really is precautionary only.
    mary
  • La.Grammy
    La.Grammy Member Posts: 35
    #3
    msccolon said:

    ablation
    I had microwave ablation, which is a little newer than the RFA, but it is still very similar! Zapped the bugger completely! And recovery was minimal! I had a small met in my liver and one on my left adrenal gland. Zapped them both at one go, which was about 4 hours. Really had more pain from the adrenal gland, since the kidney seemed to have absorbed quite a bit of the microwave. I have very small scars and I really was just out for the weekend. the stay at the hospital was overnight and that really is precautionary only.
    mary

    Thanks for the info, we hope
    Thanks for the info, we hope it will zap his cancer also.

    Jeannie
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #4
    RFA
    I've had it done a few times. It destroys the tumor. It dissolves the tumor and the recovery is fast. I stayed overnight the first time and went home the same day the other times.
  • ADKer
    ADKer Member Posts: 147
    #5
    PhillieG said:

    RFA
    I've had it done a few times. It destroys the tumor. It dissolves the tumor and the recovery is fast. I stayed overnight the first time and went home the same day the other times.

    Interventional radiology
    Phil - what kind of sedation/anesthesia did you have for the RFA? I have had 2 procedures with interventional radiology and the "conscious sedation" left me fully conscioud - no sedation. Just wondering what your experience has been as.I have another procedure coming up. Thank you.
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #6
    ADKer said:

    Interventional radiology
    Phil - what kind of sedation/anesthesia did you have for the RFA? I have had 2 procedures with interventional radiology and the "conscious sedation" left me fully conscioud - no sedation. Just wondering what your experience has been as.I have another procedure coming up. Thank you.

    RFA
    I was out cold. They have a brand new wing over at Sloan just for this procedure. It's really cool. I had it done yesterday and went home the same day.
  • ADKer
    ADKer Member Posts: 147
    #7
    PhillieG said:

    RFA
    I was out cold. They have a brand new wing over at Sloan just for this procedure. It's really cool. I had it done yesterday and went home the same day.

    anesthesia
    Thanks Phil. I hope that it works well for you.
  • La.Grammy
    La.Grammy Member Posts: 35
    #8
    My husband got the RFA done
    My husband got the RFA done on Thursday. It took about 3 hours.
    The doctor said his mass was calcified and hard as a rock.
    They had to work real hard to get the probe in & opened.
    They took several biopsies of the tumor.
    His rib area & arm are a little sore from the procedure.
    He is doing real good.

    Jeannie
  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #9
    La.Grammy said:

    My husband got the RFA done
    My husband got the RFA done on Thursday. It took about 3 hours.
    The doctor said his mass was calcified and hard as a rock.
    They had to work real hard to get the probe in & opened.
    They took several biopsies of the tumor.
    His rib area & arm are a little sore from the procedure.
    He is doing real good.

    Jeannie

    Glad to hear that your hubby
    Glad to hear that your hubby is doing well after the procedure.

    Hope that the RFA makes a difference for him.

    Marie who loves kitties

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