Nuke the Tumors

[Fitz]

You may remember awhile back, as part of my cancer treatment, the docs were going to go in and freeze my liver tumors. Well they got to looking around and realized they couldn't do that procedure. Now we are going to the other extreme. We are going to try and nuke them!

I went through something of a trial run a few weeks ago and I appear to be a good candidate. So tomorrow, they are going in through my femoral artery and placing radioactive (Yttrium - 90) beads near the blood supply for the tumors with the hopes of killing them off (radioembolization). Then I get to go back again in a few weeks and have the same treatment on another lobe of my liver.

I will be awake the whole time and it is an outpatient procedure, but I am in for a long day. People should probably keep their distance for a few days .

Fitz

[LeeG]

Maybe you can develop super powers?

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Wishing you well and praying for a good out come.

[L.W. Baxter]

my gosh fitz, you've been through the wringer and then some.

this procedure sounds mighty smart. i have never played a doctor on tv but i think it will work!

going in through my femoral artery and placing radioactive (Yttrium - 90) beads near the blood supply for the tumors

i assume you will suffer radiation sickness though? wishing you strength for that.

[SKIP KILPATRICK]

Ugh! Best wishes for you.

Cancer is a monster, my father survived two long battles with it.

Here’s to you, Fitz!

[David G]

Here's hoping that process works, and there's a minimum of other health fallout. With cancer, the treatment can be worse than the disease... or at least seem that way. As a survivor myself... I say Quark The Cancer!!!

[bluedog225]

Hope it works out. Keep your spirits up.

[Canoez]

You may remember awhile back, as part of my cancer treatment, the docs were going to go in and freeze my liver tumors, well they got to looking around and realized they couldn't do that procedure. Well now we are going to the other extreme. We are going to try and nuke them!

I went through something of a trial run a few weeks ago and I appear to be a good candidate. So tomorrow, they are going in through my femoral artery and placing radioactive (Yttrium - 90) beads near the blood supply for the tumors with the hopes of killing them off (radioembolization). Then I get to go back again in a few weeks and have the same treatment on another lobe of my liver.

I will be awake the whole time and it is an outpatient procedure, but I am in for a long day. People should probably keep their distance for a few days .

Fitz

Here's wishing you a great outcome.

Have you told the wife you're installing a night-light?

[dutchpp]

Best of luck Fitz, I hope it will be successful.

[Gerarddm]

Mazel Tov! May The Force be with you.

[UCanoe_2]

Best wishes, Fitz!

[Lugs]

Best wishes from the land of Oz

[CWSmith]

It's war, Fitz, and I hope you win! Take no prisoners!

[Ted Hoppe]

You have been through the C wars. I say - Hit it with these precision tactical strikes Fitz.

Keep on with with all the other things that keep you healthy and strong. You got a whole lot of living to do.

[Rich Jones]

My prayers are with you for a healthy outcome.
Keep smiling!

[Breakaway]

Hey, Fitz.

Thinking about you, man! Do it to it!

Kevin

[John Meachen]

Best wishes for a positive outcome.I learned over the weekend of a couple of former colleagues who have been fighting cancer and may be beating it,I hope you can add to the number.

[David W Pratt]

Good luck, hope you get a good result.

[skuthorp]

Best of luck Fitz.

[Tom Hunter]

Stay alive Fitz, beat it back and stay with us.

[Rigadog]

100 years ago a lot of us wouldn't stand a chance given the health challenges we face. I have a stent, an engineering miracle. Radiation treatment has improved greatly in the last 20 years. Best wishes !

[JayInOz]

Keep tractoring on Fitz! One of my uncle Johns (I had two of them) had radioactive doohickeys placed in his cancered prostate- looked like a bunch of little short pencil leads on the X-rays. Worked a treat- cured. My friend Cathy had to swallow some sort of tiny radioactive pill when she had thyroid cancer. She was in a special sealed room and a person in full radiation gear with huge gloves on handed her the pill and said take this- there's nothing to be worried about She's fine too, forty years later JayInOz

[elf]

These modern treatments are the product of human imagination, and a whole lot of very careful study of chemistry. I hope this one is the one that finally works, Fitz.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

[Robbie 2]

Best wishes Fitz

[Concordia...41]

Please add my wishes for an easy procedure and a good outcome.

Hugs from Florida -
M

[TomF]

My prayers are with you, Fitz.

[Garret]

Just watch out for your skin turning green & muscles expanding enough to shred your shirt...

More seriously - I hope it goes well & gets rid of that damn stuff!

[C. Ross]

Hey brother in arms - go get ‘em. You’ll have Spiderman superpowers when you’re done with this!

These ablation and embolization procedures are getting better and more refined. You’re in a great place for best possible care.

You're an inspiration. I get my quarterly scans in two weeks.

[Brian Palmer]

I hope all goes well with this Fitz.

- Slim

[Fitz]

Thank you very much for all of the well wishes. I am going on six years dealing with this and a boost is always nice.

The Good News: The doctors seemed quite enthused post-procedure that this was going to have some good effect and I am not experiencing any side effects. The Bad News: I may have to go for two more rounds rather than just one just to take it easy on the liver. So this may drag on for a couple of months.

[Garret]

Sorry it'll be 2 rounds instead of one - but glad things are looking good!

[Breakaway]

Allright, run with the good news.

Keep positive!

Kevin


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[bluedog225]

Setting aside the things wrong with our healthcare industry. We live in an age of miracles. I see old men with new knees and new hips and new eyes and remarkable hearing aids and new heart valves and repaired hernias and cancer survivors everywhere you look and on and on and on. People who would have died or lived a miserable 20 or 30 years of suffering are able to live happy lives free of pain.

Hoping for the best.

[LeeG]

Sounds good Fitz, livers are important.

[dutchpp]

It's good to hear that the first part was successful. I wish you strength for the other treatments.