Just another quick update on my sister, Leisa.
Posted a few weeks back that latest thoracic CT showed tumour shrinkage everywhere and no new progression. Now we have a new brain MRI and the results are excellent – "There is no evidence of abnormal enhancement within the brain parenchyma, leptomeninges or pachymeningeal. The previously visualized enhancing lesions within the bilateral cerebral hemispheres have completely resolved (in the interval)." Yay!!! This – after brain mets "too numerous to count" and WBR as the only option – is phenomenal.
I am so grateful to the "gods that be," there just aren't any words to describe how I feel, particularly because six months ago, it was doubtful she'd make it this far and any chance of ever seeing NED seemed impossible (there are only two organs in her whole body that were clear – heart and colon).
I didn't want to even "dare to hope" but I sure am now. She still has a long way to go and is only approaching the halfway point of Nivo infusions (started on ipi/nivo combo but had only two infusions before the ipi attacked her retinas) but we have lots of reasons for believing that NED is in the future!
With much gratitude, wishing everyone on here the best possible outcomes and a hopeful, healthy 2017!!
Barb
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