{"id":4649,"date":"2013-06-09T10:14:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T10:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcrc4.com\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2013-09-28T10:12:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T10:12:09","slug":"chamoembolization-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcrc4.com\/?p=4649","title":{"rendered":"Chamoembolization Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20130609-120530.jpg\"<\/a>I had an appointment Dr. Pain (aka Prof. Vogl) for another TACE treatment in Frankfurt. The man is a true master at inflicting severe pain. In comparison, my root canal dentist, whom I previously held in high esteem on the pain scale, proved to be a mere amateur. Please don’t get the wrong impression however, I am not being negative in any way towards Prof. Vogl. As much as I hate it, I welcome the pain because to me it means that his treatments are having an impact.<\/p>\n

Psychologically the second round with Prof. Vogl was much harder than the first. The reason was that I already knew what to expect, and if you saw my post on the first procedure, you will recall that it was brutal. An experience that for me re-defined the meaning of pain. It took a supreme effort of willpower to willingly climb up on his table again.<\/p>\n

The procedure was very quick and efficient. Within minutes Prof. Vogl found his way to the hepatic artery. As expected, few minutes after the chemo drugs were injected through a catheter inserted through my groin into the liver, the pain began. Lots of pain. I was however pleasantly surprised. The pain never reached the levels I experienced during the first treatment and it went away altogether within an hour. I still needed lots of morphine, but compared to my first TACE, this was a walk in the park.<\/p>\n

To get the maximum benefit, I had local hyperthermia just after the TACE procedure at a nearby clinic. This time I stayed overnight in Frankfurt, which gave me a chance to get some IVs as an outpatient and a second Local Hyperthermia treatment the following day before departing for Removab at Hallwang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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