{"id":4603,"date":"2013-05-07T05:57:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T05:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcrc4.com\/?p=4603"},"modified":"2013-09-28T10:17:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T10:17:53","slug":"chemoembolization-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcrc4.com\/?p=4603","title":{"rendered":"Chemoembolization Aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20130507-163015.jpg\"<\/a>The week following my Chemoembolization procedure with Prof. Vogl brought some interesting developments.<\/p>\n

I have had daily, low grade fevers for over 4 months now, mostly in the 37.5 degree range and up to 38 degrees Celsius at times. Since the Chemoembolization procedure, this increased to 39 degrees and I have been waking up several times a night drenched in sweat. Interesting.<\/p>\n

I had an ultrasound and was shown dark spots in the centres of most tumours, which I was told is necrotic tissue resulting from the procedure. Unfortunately I did not have the same ultrasound prior to the procedure, so I can’t be 100% certain that the necrosis is new. But I will assume that it is, as this may also explain my fevers.<\/p>\n

The day after the procedure I was still in a great deal of pain, caused mostly by my swollen liver. I had my first hyperthermia session booked for that day, but I decided to postpone it for a day. Things slowly improved however and by the evening I was mostly back to normal. The following day I was feeling great and had my Hyperthermia treatment. The third day after chemoembolization, events took a turn for the worse. I woke up with severe pain in my groin. I informed the doc, and he seemed to think it was normal to have local pain at the chemoembolization entry site. I was not so sure.<\/p>\n

The following day was a saturday, and things got much worse. Simple actions like standing up, sitting down and walking became a major challenge. I though some light exercise may help, so decided to go for a short walk and do some shopping. I just needed some milk and a thermos flask to make some MAF314 probiotic yogurt. In hindsight, Not the brightest idea I ever had. At the checkout, not one, but two older german ladies offered to give me their place in the line. I must have been quite a sight. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Sunday was worse still and I did not even try to get out of bed unless I absolutely had to. Fortunately there was no pain if I was still and did not move. I ended up sleeping most of the day.<\/p>\n

Monday the pain was a little better, but not by much and I started thinking that I may have a blood clot, especially since the pain was much lower than the incision site where the femoral artery had been accessed. I went to see the Hallwang doc and he did an ultrasound. Luckily no blood clot, but I was told that a muscle had been damaged during the chemoembolization procedure. Apparently its rare, but can happen. (I love how these rare things seem to always happen to me.)<\/p>\n

Despite the persisting groin pain, the Removab treatment is still going ahead today, but that is another story…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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