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Have you had TACE or SirSpheres radiation treatment? Please share

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Sep 14, 2016 | Replies (48)
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@colleenyoung

Knowledge is power. At least that's what works for me. Some people prefer not to know, but you sound like you like to be prepared for what to expect. I'm glad you found information to conquer some of the anxiety.

Thanks for sharing your experience. Imagine how helpful this will be for the next person looking for this type of information. They'll have the pamphlets and website, as well as your experience. Hopefully we'll add more people to the conversation. I just met someone on Twitter who is getting TACE treatment today for GIST. I'm hoping when she feels up to it, she'll tell us about it.

Thanks for replying to Jackie too.

What do you have to do to prepare for the SIR-Spheres procedure? Anything in particular?

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Sue | @sue_in_delaware | Nov 11, 2015

Exactly! Knowledge is power! I've always used that motto, lol. I had started taking Xeloda on Oct 20th at 3000 mg (half taken twice a day after breakfast and evening meal.) It will be a 2 weeks on and 1 week off maintenance chemo that I'll be on for quite some time (possibly.) My Oncologist, however, told me to stop it 2 weeks prior to the procedure, so, since it's 2 weeks away, I'm currently not taking Xeloda. I'll probably get back on about a week after the Sir-Spheres procedure though. I've seen (or read) about tons of people who have had good luck being on Xeloda. It shrinks cancer. The info I have about the Sir-Spheres does suggest that we be on other chemo all the way to keep any possible "other" cancer tumors from popping up and to help shrink the ones we have now.

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