ginabeewell wrote:If you think you have any interest in pursuing this at all, I would go right now....If you are inoperable and want to pursue, do it ASAP.
Jacques wrote:ginabeewell wrote:If you think you have any interest in pursuing this at all, I would go right now....If you are inoperable and want to pursue, do it ASAP.
There's another reason for doing it ASAP, and that is that the company that makes the main pump used at MSKCC has decided to halt production of that pump, and there may not be that many of those HAI pumps left in stock. You can read about the problem here:
kandj wrote:
I am pretty sure they are out of Codman pumps. Most new patients I have spoken to when we go with DH to appointments have the new pump.
cartech78 wrote:Go right away for the pump like the others have said! I got mine put in on 3/6/19 . I was originally supposed to have a partial liver resection at the same time but they found an additional 20 tumors the scans didn’t show when they went in fora total of 27 tumors. My surgeon (Dr.Kingham) at MSK closed me up after seeing that and didn’t do the resection. I had a PET scan on Monday after 6 treatments with the pump and doing systemic and it looks like I had a complete response from it. They are saying I don’t even need a liver resection now. The studies show the pump to be more effective if you get it while still in your first line of treatment also this will give you access to better liver surgeons who may have a completely different opinion on if your resectable or not yet. Good luck and by the way don’t stop if one place declines you for HAI pump. Keep looking at other hospitals that do it in that scenario. We have a list from another group of known hospitals that do the Medtronic version as the Codman pump is no more!
TinaFish wrote:cartech78 wrote:Go right away for the pump like the others have said! I got mine put in on 3/6/19 . I was originally supposed to have a partial liver resection at the same time but they found an additional 20 tumors the scans didn’t show when they went in fora total of 27 tumors. My surgeon (Dr.Kingham) at MSK closed me up after seeing that and didn’t do the resection. I had a PET scan on Monday after 6 treatments with the pump and doing systemic and it looks like I had a complete response from it. They are saying I don’t even need a liver resection now. The studies show the pump to be more effective if you get it while still in your first line of treatment also this will give you access to better liver surgeons who may have a completely different opinion on if your resectable or not yet. Good luck and by the way don’t stop if one place declines you for HAI pump. Keep looking at other hospitals that do it in that scenario. We have a list from another group of known hospitals that do the Medtronic version as the Codman pump is no more!
Wait, you had your colon resection one day after you got diagnosed??
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