HCC patient complaining of frequent 'poking' sensation above liver

[LAA21]

Hi all! Hope this finds everyone doing well.

My dad's oncologist always says that everything is 'due to the disease' but, for the past few days, he's complaining of this frequent poking sensation above his liver. Not pain, but poking is how he describes it.

He has undergone his first Y90 two months ago and will do the second in two weeks. He has been on Lenvima almost a year. His doc took him off it for two weeks because he was getting a dermatological condition on his arms. It went away when he was off and he restarted the Lenvima last week.

I vaguely recall him complaining of similar when he first started the Lenvima, but he insists this is different.

Does this ring a bell to anyone here or no?

[Summergirl018]

Hi there I can report that I too feel this sensation but mine is more like a tiny pin that pokes me. This is something that I have felt randomly throughout my battle since April 2019 so not directly from Lenvima. My doctor has never seemed concerned by it. I never had y90 but I’ve had two surgeries, a cryoablation, HiPEC, 6 months of chemo, one immunotherapy treatment, more chemo then the Lenvima. I always hope it’s cancer cells dying because it’s random.

[LAA21 Caregiver in reply to Summergirl018]

Thank you! He says the same thing about the cells dying. Let's go with that theory!