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Thanks, Carol. Maybe we could meet for lunch sometime when I am in W-S? My folks live in the Reynolda area.
Added: This process is approved by Medicare/Medicaid, right? Is that an option if his BCBS doesn’t come through? I am sure you have tried that route; just trying to help
Carol, can I ask why Wake Oncology and not Baptist Hospital? The Sirtex website shows they are both certified in this treatment. Also, it appears this therapy is most successful when coupled with chemo. Is that correct?
Anyone with experience with this therapy, please chime in!
Thanks and good luck to all!
Thanks, Carol. I grew up in W-S and live in Charlotte now.
We just saw Dr Paschold at the Cancer Center at Forsyth today. I like him. He encouraged a second opinion which I see many on here have done. I am just not sure how aggressively any doctor, or even my father for that matter, would want to treat an 86 year old with a few other health issues.
He made it sound like the chemoembolization isn’t that bad, but it looks like folks on here have tough time with it. My Dad never complains, but he said the liver needle biopsy was a bear. I have a feeling if he feels like the chemoemb is too much, he might not do it more than once, right now, they think 3 treatments.
It also sounds like prognosis, shmognosis; this thing can be slow or fast, I guess.
Everyone on here has my prayers and admiration for being such stewards of their own care. My family has been there on other fronts and I know it’s wearing but necessary.
