I had Whipple s Procedure in October 2015, my surgeon prescribed Sandostatin Injections to be administered every 28 days, under the care of my GP. What is the purpose of Sandostatin, and how long do I have ... View answer

[Had surgery to remove several carcinoid tumors on my intestines and bowel.] View answer

cycles of chemo My current oncologist is suggesting 3 more cycles of chemo. As the biopsy results shows 7% plasma cells. Do we need chemo or can we sustain on medication without chemo as we are... View answer

better than before chemo(first few days she was having horrible pain and nausea ). She feel really good, less fatigued than before chemo. No pain, as opposed to the pain in her torso before chemo. The ... View answer

suggest best treatment plan going forward? If Chemo/ Radiation is the only option then will it be helpful? What is the life in hand without any Radiation/Chemo? And what is the extension after doing the ... View answer

carcinoids. first treated with sandostatin 20mg/once a month. then larger 3 tumours were chemo embulised. since chromogranin kept on rising, sandostatin LAR was stopped and i have gone through 3... View answer

been self-injected Sandodtatin and Sandostatin Lar Depot. My pancreas is now becoming atrophied. The Sa ... longer covers the use of Sandostatin LAR Depot and due to the cost I have had to discontinue... View answer

I do 2 injections a day of Sandostatin (100 micrograms each injection), am and pm before going to bed - could this pm one be the cause of my insomnia? It is getting so bad that I rarely sleep for more ... View answer

Hi! I receive monthly shots of sandostatin for liver cancer, apparently large tumors. I ve read it ... $16,000.00 or $17,000.00 per shot, and Medicare covers this. The description of Sandostatin does not seem... View answer

system. The chemo always makes me sick. I also had a LAR shot of Sandostatin which gave me a large ileus ... decrease tumor burden Stage IV, also post op two chemo embolizations, one to each lobe of... View answer