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Anyone experience pain with Y90 treatment?
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My husband had y-90 this year to his liver. It worked. He started complaining of severe arm and shoulder pain. Turns out it was near the gastric nerve causing referred pain in the arm and shoulder. It was much more painful than anticipated and he did not feel fully prepared. His shoulder pain lasted for 2 months. All pain and any side effects did subside after 3 months.
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Hello @melissasledge1 and welcome to Mayo Connect. I appreciate you sharing the side effects that your husband had after his Y-90 treatment, and that the side effects were short-term. I'm sure the three months of pain were difficult for him, though.
You said that the treatment worked. Could you share a bit more? For example, did it reduce the size of the liver tumors? Is he feeling better? How is his appetite?