This comes to you from a radioactively shielded side room, designed to keep the (low levels!) of radioactivity in (not out!). Yes, here we go...
...well, not quite - our excellent meeting with the professor last Friday had two results; a better understanding of the two-stage procedure, and that we're doing it now!
Stage 1 (today) puts in place all the "plumbing" catheters needed to guide the radioactive pellets to the cancer cells, from my groin (femoral artery) to numerous exits in my liver, while also blocking off the side capillaries going to other places.
Then a week on Thursday I come back for stage 2, the injection of millions of microscopic radioactive beads, which will "attack" just those cells in the immediate vicinity of the catheters.
If you're thinking "wow!" you'd be right - this seems to be "one of the most sophisticated procedures available on the NHS", requiring 6 different professions during the op, taking 6 hours to perform stage 1, and only 10 hospitals being registered to perform it.
So here goes!
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