Hello, Ellie,
The treatment in Houston seems to be a blessing, at least to me. Before the first treatment I was experiencing confusion, headaches, and very bad muscle cramps. All of those were gone in a month or so and have not come back. My blood work was pretty good before treatment, but now is perfect and there was shrinkage of some of the tumors.
I also have a Sandostatin injection every month because my tumors have receptors for it, and having those receptors to carry the radiation into the tumors is also necessary for the Houston treatment. To find out if you have them,you will need an Octreoscan.
In July, I had a second treatment (three months later), but have not yet found out the results of that. The FDA has not yet approved a third treatment, because they are waiting to see how patients do on the first two. I still feel fine and am functioning well.
Also, my insurance paid for everything! Yes, I would recommend the treatment to anyone who meets the conditions for having it. Best wishes. Marie