Thanks Cheryl!

Man, was I in for a surprise! I though for some strange reason that I would be getting an Alpha Particle emitter. Nope! The agent is Yttrium-90 and it is a very strong Beta Particle emitter.

Alpha particles (basically a helium atom w/o an electron shell) cannot pass through the skin, so all the radiation would be contained within my body.

However, Beta particles are high-energy electrons and are able to pass through the body. For the first time in our 12+ years of marriage, we've had to sleep in different Bedrooms because she cannot remain within 3' of me for the first three full days!

Fortunately, this has a very short half-life and by a week, the radiation will be practically undetectable.

So far, no side effects whatever! Woot!

My intro: http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbt...3644#Post163644

09/09 - Dx OC Stg IV
10/09 - Chemo/3 Cisplatin, 40 rad
11/09 - PET CLEAN
07/11 - Dx Stage IV C. (Liver)
06/12 - PET CLEAN
09/12 - PET Dist Met (Liver)
04/13 - PET CLEAN
06/13 - PET Dist Met (Liver + 1 lymph node)
10/13 - PET - Xeloda ineffective
11/13 - Liver packed w/ SIRI-Spheres
02/14 - PET - Siri-Spheres effective, 4cm tumor in lymph-node
03/15 - Begin 15 Rads
03/24 - Final Rad! Woot!
7/27/14 Bart passed away. RIP!