malignant pain

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Your movement may be limited, but your options don't have to be. See how other patients conquered their pain and get started on your own journey to recovery.

Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski
Inspirational college coach and DePuy joint recipient.

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"It's not worth living with pain."

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"It's not worth living with pain."

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"Hi, I'm Mike Krzyzewski, coach of Duke University's Men's Basketball team. If you could take a journey to move better, live better, why wouldn't you? I did when I had joint replacement surgery.

"I'm here to tell you that you have two opponents. Pain and lack of mobility. Pain can get you down every day. Lack of mobility can lead to decreased speed and loss of endurance. With speed and endurance loss, you don't stay competitive and you spend energy just trying to catch up. But you've got to fight your opponents to stay in the game.

"I know it isn't always easy. There was a part of me that thought of stopping, giving up coaching altogether. I would never have won two Olympic team medals and four NCAA Championships if I hadn't had my surgeries.

"Now, I don't have to overcompensate for injury and pain. I'm more active than before, I have relief from pain and I'm even quicker on my feet. People say I look better now. Do you want your life back the way it should be? You have two choices, a continued downward spiral or take action.

"So don't let the injury win. You don't need to live in pain. That's why I want to encourage you to empower yourself. Get educated, develop a personal treatment plan with your doctor, build a team of support and commit to reclaiming your life. Remember, this is a major event in your life—treat it as such. What you put into it will multiply for you at the end of the journey."
 

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There are many different types of cancercancerAbnormally growing cells that can invade local tissue, often metastasizing (spreading) to distant areas of the... associated with the liver, only specific types may respond to surgerysurgeryThe branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease, injury, and deformity by operation or manipula... and/or chemotherapy.

secondary vs. primary liver tumors

The treatment options are different for a cancer that arises directly from liver cells (primary) compared to a metastatic cancer that has originated elsewhere and spread to the liver (secondary). Even if the original tumor was completely removed, there is a risk based on having that initial tumor, for the cancer to spread to other organs. Colorectal cancer includes cancer of the colon (the large intestine) and rectum (the last part of the large intestine) and is a common cause of liver metastases in the Western world.

colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of cancer spreading to the liver in the United States. An operation to remove a colon cancer will also remove several lymph nodes. Removing the lymph nodes is important because the local lymph nodes are the most common initial site for cancer to spread. If the lymph nodes that are removed contain cancer, then that patient has a higher risk to develop metastasis to other organs than a patient who does not have cancer in the respected lymph nodes.

Patients that have lymph node cancer metastases will usually be treated with systemicsystemicSynovial fluid. chemotherapy. This type of chemotherapy is administered through the patient’s veins ("systemic"), and is designed to destroy any microscopic remnants of tumor that may be within remaining lymph nodes, the blood or other organs after the initial tumor has been removed.

chemotherapy pumps

When considering treatment options, the doctor may recommend Hepatic Arterial Infusion chemotherapy. HAI provides the drug directly into the hepatic arteryarteryA thick-walled blood vessel carrying blood flow from the heart to any organ of the body, including the brain., making the level of chemotherapy that reaches the liver tumor significantly higher. Additionally, HAI chemotherapy for the liver has minimal systemic effects. One way to successfully administer this type of chemotherapy is by using the CODMAN 3000 Pump.

Read more about chemotherapy pumps

 

May 15 2012 - 19:17:49