Here it is Easter Monday and this week (Wednesday) I start my last Lutetium-177 infusion treatment. It seems a little strange that it will all be done with this week, except the follow-ups.
It has, to say the least, been a very busy weekend. Easter weekend is historically our busiest of the year, and this one has continued in that tradition. Leonie had given most of the sales staff the weekend free, so it really fell on the two of us, plus our juniors to ‘man the pumps’. It has been a very sucessful, if not a bit frantic, weekend; but I am glad it is behind us. Now I need to start focusing on this week’s treatment.
Because of the Easter Monday holiday, the hospital scheduled my MRI and transmission scan for last Thursday. So now we needn’t be in Perth until tomorrow evening, except Leonie has a doctor appointment in Perth tomorrow afternoon so we will need to leave shortly before mid-day. I expect my reactions will be similiar to the past treatments, so I know what to expect and when. Lee must be back in Busselton Wednesday night, so I will stay with friends in Perth for my followup scans on Thursday and Friday and then drive south Friday afternoon for the weekend and then up and back on Monday for the final scan.
I spoke to Dr Turner on Thursday as to what is going to happen in the next few months. He said he would schedule a followup definitive MRI in six months to determine the effectiveness of the treatment. Tumour activity has been arrested so there is no need for continuing LAR Sandostatin injections.
That’s about it for this entry. More next weekend when I get back from Perth.
I hope all of you have had a lovely Easter week and weekend. Take care, be good and stay well…
Eric