2016

My invitation letter requested that I check into the nuclear medicine ward on the fourth floor on Thursday at 9:30 am. I got there a little earlier so that I could find the finance office to pay my deposit on my treatment. The finance office is in the basement of the hospital and they ran my credit card, which I prayed wouldn’t get declined. It didn’t, which was probably the

Our first night in Basel When we woke up from our naps, we head down to the Marketplatz. There are a couple of ways to get there. When you walk out the front door of Rochat, take a left and walk to the alley, also known as Peterkirshplatz. When you get to the adjacent street, known as Petersgasse (and Nadelberg depending on where you are) you can either take the

My treatment day was scheduled for May 19th, so we were flying out the evening of the 16th, which just happened to be my Mom’s 70th birthday. This would give us an arrival in Basel mid-afternoon on Tuesday, so we would have a full day on Wednesday to get the lay of the land in Basel and do a little exploring. Flying Time Our flight over was pretty standard stuff,

I got my acceptance on April 6th for a treatment date of May 19th, so I had about five weeks to pull it together. I was due for my Sando shot on the 8th of April, but, my oncologist deferred it to make sure that my receptors would be good and thirsty for treatment. I did use subcutaneous octreotide up to three days before treatment. Because I need so much

As a NET Cancer patient for almost nine years, my decision to go to Basel was not a light decision. Cost was really the biggest barrier for me. But, the stark realization that I didn’t really need a 401k if I were dead became very real. I waited almost two years to get into the Y-90 trial at the University of Iowa, where I have been seen as a patient for