Third PRRT treatment Basel, Switzerland

It took a while to get back to my blog so for anyone that may be following, sorry for the lag time. 

Connie and I went to Basel for the third treament in mid December and by the time we returned the holidays were upon us and we had also sold our farm and had to get moved into our new home in town so we were swamped through the month of January. 

The treatment went well and the uptake to the Tumors was very good according to the doctors.  I have been accumulating fluid in my mid section (abdomine) which has to be drained off frequently.  This was being done about every 3 weeks at the hospital in Jeffersn city so my doctor here suggested I have a perma cath installed and I would be able to drain it at home myself. This works very well and I can drain every other day or two so the volumn of fluid doesn't get so uncomfortabe.  So far I drain about two liters every other day and hopefully this amount will gradually decrease. 

At this point I feel about the same,. still lack energy and fight with some of the Carsinoid Syndrome.  Dr. O'Dorisio (University of Iowa Medical Center) said this is to be expected because the Radiation treatments continue to work on the Tumors for some time after the treatments.  Dr. O has added a Thyroid medication to my daily pill regement to help with my energy level and that seems to be working as well.  My next visit with him is in May for more CT scans.  

To sum things up I've stablelized to some extent no new Tumors at this time but no fewer either.  The Tumors that are there are under attack and should be dieing or at least not growing.