The good news is that, appointments have been made and I should have these three lesions in my brain taken care of by SRS in the next week or two. The locations and small sizes (largest one showing at 9mm) imply that the procedure should be pretty routine with no expectations of complications. Fingers crossed that it stays this way.
The good news is that, appointments have been made and I should have these three lesions in my brain taken care of by SRS in the next week or two. The locations and small sizes (largest one showing at 9mm) imply that the procedure should be pretty routine with no expectations of complications. Fingers crossed that it stays this way.
My doctor saw the CT results of my lungs, the good news is that there's nothing new. The bad news is that each one has gotten a little bigger since my last scan on Oct 4th. The largest one increasing from 3cm to about 4cm. I was reminded that sometime things get bigger before they get smaller, and that sometimes Yervoy can take a little time to do it's thing. So I'll be getting another CT of my chest around the second week of February to better show the effectiveness of the treatment. My doctor also pointed out that all the tumors appeared.. I forget the word he used, but he was saying how they're close to perfectly spherical, like cysts or something… implying that "they're doing something". I hope it's something good, like shrinking…
And that's about it for now. As long as the SRS goes as planned, the scan three weeks from now will be most important, not sure what options I'll have available, I've heard mention of something-Antipd1 – not sure where I'd have to travel for that or if I'd be accepted. The BRAF one is an option, possibly Yervoy or NIH again depending on the results of the scan.. so we'll see when I get there. In the meantime, I'm taking good care of myself, My diet is phenomenal, most thankfully to the place I work. I'm naturally very active and continue to be. And although it tough, I'm doing my best to stay optimistic and keep my state of mind focused and worry-free. I remind myself that I commonly see people on here overcoming the the odds, and updating all of us with a post titled "Good News!". May we all be fortunate enough to do that some day. Hoping for the best.
To our health.
-Kevin
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