Update on John

Hi Charlene, Charlie had chemoembolization one time for the sole purpose of trying to shrink the tumors that took up half of his liver. The surgeon wanted to try this before his resection to see if it would shrink the tumors a little so that he would only have to remove half of Charlie’s liver. It didn’t shrink the tumors and the surgeon had to take out a little more than half of Charlie’s liver. Charlie is doing well and recovering. I don’t know if Charlie’s case is comparable to someone having several of these treatments or not. I’m sure each person reacts differently. The chemoembolization was very rough on Charlie. He was sick, lost weight, couldn’t eat, and had excessive sweating. He could taste and smell chemo for a couple of weeks after. He said it was worse than 14 weeks of Gemzar chemo. Hope it helps to share his experience with you and I don’t think it’s as bad for everyone.

Carol

Sorry Charlene,
I have no experiece. You might try searching for chemo embolization and then directly emailing the people who have had experiece. With it being so close to Christmas, this board may not get the traffic it normally does so a direct email might get you more info. Good luck.

Kris