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@bethf

I love what you have shared. Right now my husband and I are in Playa del Carmen in Mexico enjoying a warm weather break from a very cold Colorado winter. I'm not sure what "embolized" means or Y90. Is that the year they were embolized? I would consider surgery or SBRT if a tumor (or small number of tumors) showed up. Or perhaps IRE, NanoKnife or Cyberknife. I'm getting a little out of my depth here in understanding which are possible in that situation. Please keep us informed about how things are developing for you. I'm so glad you are feeling well now!

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Y90 is a targeted approach using nuclear radiation to a very precise area. It was used on an area of my liver with tumors close together. It stabilized them and scans saw necrosis in that area. That allowed me to have the pancreadectomy. It isn’t curative, so next they will remove those before they go rogue! As I understand it, the Y90 essentially ties off the blood flow through the area with nuclear particles. That’s my limit of understanding! Dig those toes in the sand! I plan to head to Southern California next week to do the same before surgery on the 20th😊. Don’t miss a moment of the beauty all around you!!