Anyone experience pain with Y90 treatment?

Posted by camper56 @camper56, Apr 15 10:35am

My husband had the Y 90 treatment 2 1/2 weeks ago. He had nausea the first week then it went away. Then started the really sharp pain in his liver area. It usually starts in the afternoon and does not go away without taking an oxycontin. He is having a followup CT scan today. Anyone else experienced the pain for more than a few days?

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Apr 15 4:24pm

Hello @camper56 and welcome to the Cancer Support Group discussion on Mayo Connect. We have many members that have had Y-90 treatments for liver cancer. Many of these posts can be found in the following discussion thread, here is the link,
--Y-90 liver cancer treatment:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/y-90-liver-cancer-treatment/
Please read the posts in this discussion group and click on "Reply" to ask questions or post your comments about your husband's pain.

How long ago was your husband diagnosed with cancer? Is the Y-90 treatment the only treatment he has had?

kevinmonroemi | @kevinmonroemi | Apr 16 4:32pm

I had y90 both sides of the liver first side went fine just tired a lot second side 1 bead got loose and lodged between liver and stomach and caused radiation ulcer in the stomach it hurt to even drink water recovery wasn’t fun! Hopefully they figure this out soon. On the positive the treatment worked and slowed down the progression of my tumors. Good luck to your husband

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 17 8:17pm

@camper56, how did the CT scan go? How is your husband doing?

camper56 | @camper56 | Apr 17 10:58pm

In reply to @hopeful33250 "Hello @camper56 and welcome to the Cancer Support Group discussion on Mayo Connect. We have many..." + (show)

I have previously searched the Y90 discussions. I didn’t see a lot about the pain. He was diagnosed around March 1, 2024 and received his Y90 the end of March. He just had another CT scan because of the pain. Nothing showed up as abnormal. There was a lot of inflammation in the area of the beads which is to be expected after Y90, according to his dr. The pain, supposedly, will go away- just not fast enough!

camper56 | @camper56 | Apr 17 11:00pm

In reply to @colleenyoung "@camper56, how did the CT scan go? How is your husband doing?" + (show)

Nothing showed up as abnormal. There was a lot of inflammation in the area of the beads which is to be expected after Y90, according to his dr. The pain is still bad at times.

camper56 | @camper56 | Apr 17 11:04pm

In reply to @kevinmonroemi "I had y90 both sides of the liver first side went fine just tired a lot..." + (show)

My husband was worried about an ulcer, but I would think that it would have showed up on his CT this week. Dr didn’t see anything. How were you treated for the ulcer?