That's the news I got yesterday. How amazing is that? For those not up to date on my latest, I had my trial's 12 week scans on March 8th. The scans showed my abdomen tumors were still responding to treatment but I had a new 5-7mm brain met. That kicked off a whirlwind of travel, research, and just plain consternation. Fast forward to yesterday. I have my pre-gamma knife Brain MRI in the morning which is done at a higher resolution than your normal brain MRI. Later in the day I'm getting my gamma knife education consult from a nurse. At the end of the class she takes a look at my scans and says, "I probably shouldn't be telling you this but I don't think there's anything there anymore." Sure enough there was complete resolution of the tumor. Even though it was small at 5-7 mm it's pretty remarkable that it would resolve in 10 days. Was the first scan not accurate? Did the trial treatment kick in? Were prayers answered? I don't know and don't care at this point. As Julie says I'm just doing my happy dance.
Delighted at your news. It is so good to hear some positive news.
My next CT scan is on Saturday and am pretty scared at hearing the outcomeat a consult the following week.. IPI nivo treatment still on hold due to adverse liver enzymes- so no more Ipi for me… but unless the prof sees evidence of response (stability would do) rather than progression its the end of the nivo road too, Hope your good news rubs off on meWould love to join you in the post scan happy dance…
Very best of wished for a sustained response and lots more of your informative posts
Great news Brian!! Deb am hoping for good news too for you, know waiting for scans such a pain, hope for stability at least and an open minded doctor, good luck
Hope you and Jake are doing well. Your recent post about Jake's improvement both physically and mentally really lifted my spirts. Prayers for you all tomorrow.
Holy wow! That is sooooo cool! I can't even imagine the look that would oversome my face if a doc or nurse were to tell me that I didn't need the gamma I was scheduled for. I bet you went from perplexed to bouncing!
It was initially disbelief and then I have to tell you it got a little ugly. Sometimes you don't realize how much you are bottling up until something like that happens and everything comes flowing out. Since then it's been all cloud 9.
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