Liver Cancer Support Group
Hepatic tumors are tumors or growths on or in the liver. These growths can be benign or malignant (cancerous). They may be discovered on medical imaging (even for a different reason than the cancer itself), or may present in patients as an abdominal mass, hepatomegaly, abdominal pain, jaundice, or some other liver dysfunction.
Any one here have radioembolization of their HCC lesion? I am scheduled for procedure in July to kill my tumor.
My husband had it done. he had to go twice as they broke up the session into 2 appointments.
it did not help him, but i have to say, he was very near the end of his life and nothing whoul have helped at that point.
he had a chemo embo at the beginning and that made a huge positive difference. then had a RFA, not so goog.
on July 12 i was diagnosed with hcc.. i will know more by aug 9th.
i wish u well and will send u all the positive energy i can muster. have u had any other procedures b4 this one? what is ur meld score?
take good care of yourself and i hope u do very well with it all.
kat
My meld is 22.
I had tips procedure to remove portal vein clot in 2011. My spleen ruptured and was removed January 2013.
where r u being treated?
i have 3 spots, all on the right side. i get another reading of my last mri tomorrow, from the supposed guru of chapel hill. my husband and i went to chapel hill all the time 4 him.. supposed 2 b the best in r area, but i'll tell u some of their wait times, for results of different thing, were cruel. actually i think i mad quite a few enemy's there. but like everything, made some really good friends too.
do u have hep c? if so, for how long?
let me know how u r doing, and take care,
kat
I do not have HepC. I have post infantile giant cell hepatitis of Cryptogenic origin. (Meaning they don't know what caused it). it was mild, but I am now 51 and my liver is shot.
I live in the Chicago metro area and have been under the care of the Northwestern Memorial Hospital tx center since 2008. I am in the process of dual listing with Indiana University Health in Indy, a 3 hour drive.
My meld was recently raised because my liver tumor grew to 2.1 cm. I am doing pretty well right now. In January, I nearly died when my spleen spontaneously ruptured. I spent 6 weeks in the hospital!!
North Carolina is very pretty. I looked at colleges there back in the late 70,s.
i don;t know if i do or not. i do not think i do.
i am going tomorrow to get a strategy in place and c what is to be done. it is 5 hrs from my house and it is so very late , i have a lot of difficulty driving and staying awake and i am worried about that. i really wish i had someone to help me. i do have some friends but i wanted to save their favors 4 something really important rather than a chauffeur.
take care, be gentle and safe.
hugs,
kat