Any one with Neuroendocrine tumors getting the shot once a month?

Posted by amygirl @amygirl, Dec 23, 2024

I have heard there is side effects to the once a month shot( unsure of the name) what has any one experienced?

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i,ve had pnet for 7 years. tried sanostatin and a couple of others not much treatment. i am thinking about PRRT, what are your thoughts abot that? and the pain i have is off he charts. it wraps aroung the upper abs and over liver which is coverered with small tumors and lesions. the pain also wraps around the back, upper thorassic, even with strnum (sp) , one or the other and will last 2-4 days and its a 9 easy and that with taking pain medication which i hate to take..any suggestions? this is first time reaching out, and i havent had anyone to talk to. just moved to be closer to my sister but i just sit in an apartment and stare. i am at the end of my rope. Anthony

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@sturns I think prrt will be a very good decision as it worked very well for me. It cut back the size of my tumors by about 20% and have been stable for 3 years now. The side affects of the cancer also cut back dramatically.

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@hopeful33250 , Thank you for the reply. I have seen a net specialist at moffitt cancer center and they wanted me to try prrt, i havent yet but am looking into it. I have had pnet for 7 years now and at first it wasnt bad but about a year and a half ago it started to get real bad as far as pain is concerned. i am on a pain regiment yet at times the pain just walks thru it. i was with hospise and am being released because they say i will live more than 6 months....i'm not dying fast enough.... I have to find a pallitive care dr. and no one will write for me so i have to go 3 hours to my old PC dr. I am with the VA and they want to write motrin. I have about 45 tumors in my liver, in my lympnodes that run up my spine on the inside, on the stalk of my kidney and new ones in my lungs. my last scan showed that it is moving and growing and new tumors are showing up. in 2000 i had 2 pitutary adinomas which caused them to take out the p gland then 7 back surgeries ( 6 ,lumbar and 1 cervicle), now this. I don't see much pain assocated with nets in others why is it that i have such debiliating pain?? its just aweful. my oncologist said its the tumors running into nerves. my pain is accross my upper abs, even with sturnum from outside left pec and accross to the right side of right pec and over liver, then it will move to my back even with my abs and the pain goes accross from one side to the other. my sister is pushing the pain pump and the dr. said it wouldn,t cover all the areas, so why change from oral were i,m getting some repreve. i am looking into the PRRT, i see others have done it and some a few times, is it worth it? I don,t know which way to turn. I have to find another pallitive care dr. because hospice has put me on a high dose of opiates and the withdrawls would be aweful. any ideas, i have no one to talk to about this, just suggestions would be nice. thank you for reading my book,lol. but truly i thank you. the net desiese has brought us together and i feel like i can count on those who are going through the same, they understand so any suggestions would be greatly appreated. Anthony

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@sturns
My husband finished PRRT and had very good results. It may be worth considering because if effective it would indeed address the tumors that may be contributing to your pain. Additionally, see if palliative care or pain management would consider fentanyl patches, they can provide consistent pain relief, and you might find starting at a lower dose than the hospice pain management you had been on.

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My wife gets Lanreotide every 28 days, she has not experienced any side effects except for swollen abdomen and bloating and belching which we believe are unrelated to the shot. Her tumors on her liver are shrinking and her marker in her blood tests has stayed down (chromogranin).

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My husband gets a Lanriotide injection every 28 days. He has minimal side effects -- mainly being more tired and needing to go to the bathroom more often during the week after the injection. However, he just had his 3rd PRRT and is having a few more side effects right now.

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@sturns
My husband finished PRRT and had very good results. It may be worth considering because if effective it would indeed address the tumors that may be contributing to your pain. Additionally, see if palliative care or pain management would consider fentanyl patches, they can provide consistent pain relief, and you might find starting at a lower dose than the hospice pain management you had been on.

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@babsmcn Hi, and thank you for that info. I am going to try the prrt, and fentanyl dosent work well with me but that new med. ,i think its new, but Ketamine at a low dose has been helping with the pain in my upper abs. but thank you again for the message. Anthony

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