Hi, I just wanted to share with you all that my husband just finished his first Lu177 therapy and so far he is tolerating it well. We are staying here in St Luke’s Medical Center which is the only hospital here in the Philippines offering this kind of treatment. Lutetium comes from Germany and our doctor has been trained there as well.
He was given 7.7 Gbq inside our isolation room and also a shot of furosemide 20mg after infusion to help with the urine flow. He was asked to drink 3L or more of water/liquids after infusion to make sure he is well hydrated. I am staying with him in the room the whole time but need to be more than 1 meter away from him to avoid radiation as advised by our doctor. We spent about US$9,000 for the first infusion which includes 3day hospital stay at the isolation room, post therapy scan, hospital fee and dr fee. 2nd session will be done after 8wks/2months. Pet PSMA scan will be done after the 2nd session to see whether it is working for him or not. I am hoping and praying that this new treatment protocol will work for him and relieve him of his pains. Current PSA is at 2.2 so hopefully this will go down in succeeding wks as well as eradicate or decrease mets in several lymphnodes and bones.
Thankful for all the information/feedback ive gathered here on this site which helped us in deciding and preparing for this protocol. And a special thank you to the loving wife of DarkEnergy/George (Jhaz) for treating me to some ice cold beer and cooked super delicious spicy chicken curry for us 😊
Anyway, I will keep you posted in the succeeding sessions if it is working for him or not. I wish everyone success in their fight against PCa and to stay positive no matter how hard it gets!
Happy 4th of July to our wonderful brothers/sisters from the US of A 🇺🇸