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Stopping Octreotide???
My liver enzymes are very elevated Not sure if it is from my Bland Embolization I had done in January Or from my 9 rounds...
Last active: Nov 11, 2024
Pain post Octreotide injections
Hi, My mom has recently been diagnosed with NET Grade 1 and the doctor has suggested her Octreotide 30mg. She has taken a couple of...
Last active: Sep 5, 2023
Rash/Hives with Octreotide injection
My husband has taken the Octreotide injection now for about 2.5 years. This past summer he started breaking into a rash/hives on the face &...
Last active: Jan 15, 2024
Octreotide Injections - Skipping One or More?
Following completion of PRRT treatment, my wife has been receiving monthly octreotide (Sandostatin LAR) injections.She will be out - of -town when the next injection...
Last active: Nov 27, 2023
Clay colored bowels & diarrhea side effects with Octreotide
Anyone have the above side effects? I was reading that the shot could effect your liver enzymes? I have non-functioning (no symptoms) metastatic tumors in...
Last active: Jan 27 2:29pm
Liver function (birirubin, globulin, glucose, iron) and Octreotide
Started Octreotide shot in Dec. Labs show Bilirubin going from .7 to 1.1 to 1.5 in three months, iron is 25 and % saturation is...
Last active: Mar 25 8:47pm
NETS Mesentery, Small Bowel Resection, Lanreotide, Octreotide, Story
Maybe my story helps somebody. I've had well differentiated Nets for a while now. A review early last year of a 2019 CT confirmed mesenteric...
Last active: Jul 27, 2024
Tumor w/ minor grow with no Octreotide & larger growth w/ the shot
I was diagnosed with metastatic neuroendocrine cancer in the liver 4cm x 3.1 cm in Sept. Grade 2, non-functioning, well differentiated KCI 6-8%. My MRI...
Last active: May 17 6:04pm
Life expectancy with NETs and lifetyle as it progresses
What is my life expectancy as a result of my NET? Diagnosed 3 years ago with Grade 1, Stage 4 NETs. Primary tumor is probably...
Last active: Jun 1, 2023
NET and neuropathy
20 months after NET found in small intestine and already spread to liver. I have had resection, monthly octreotide injections, and Lutathera. The cancer seemed...
Last active: Jul 31 12:33pm
Advice for Preparations and Expectations on starting PRRT?
I am currently preparing to begin Lutathera at Mayo in Jacksonville after showing progression while on Clinical trial CAM2029 octreotide. Fully terrorized as what to...
Last active: Jun 10 11:39am
Short acting Ocreotide
If anyone has used the short acting Ocreotide for there treatment can you please share with me how it is dosed How is the injection...
Last active: Sep 2, 2024
Do NET tumors show up in basic blood work?
Besides specialized nuclear testing scans, do any elevated blood tests indicate a possible NET tumor besides the 24 hour urine test with creatine? Is it...
Last active: Jan 12, 2022
Anyone have side effects after Lanreotide injection?
I have been doing injection for a year now but as of a few months ago after the injection I am feeling very sluggish, and...
Last active: Mar 10 2:32pm
CGA (Chromogranin) results from different labs
Does anyone know how much CGA results can vary from lab to lab. Following are the last four CGA results for my wife: 75 (11/16...
Last active: Jan 20, 2018
Anyone had plexus nerve block for cancer pain?
My mom is 81 and she was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer stage IV that has metastasized to her liver. Her oncologist has suggested that...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Dec 29, 2024
High or Fluctuating Chromogranin A Level: What does it mean?
I’m not sure if I’m in the right place or not but I started this conversation here bc my Levels were so high. Has anyone...
Last active: Jun 30 8:21pm
How rare is it???
I have stomach nets, sibo (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), Autoimmune Atrophic gastritis and Stomach nets. I’m currently on the wait and watch protocol for the...
Last active: May 8 5:23am
NET's and Dental Work
I have read *** that a carcinoid crisis could be triggered during a dental procedure using anesthetics. I have upcoming dental work required. (I am...
Last active: Aug 8, 2024
Experience w/ watch and wait approach for metastatic liver tumor
I have grade 2, stage IV neuroendocrine tumor in the liver, KI-67 6-8%. 4x3.1 cm mass plus additional small tumors. Differentiated and non-functioning. No origin...
Last active: Nov 10, 2024