A. A.

Gary,

Thank you for your kind words. I am glad to read that you have added years so far toward your goals. I hope you greatly exceed your goals.

In reading today about progress and trials for treatment methods I actually found some pretty encouraging statistics that didn't exist just a few years ago. (I am sure you are well aware of these advances as you have likely been through those treatments). The progress is quite good and for me encourages a more positive expectation now than I held late last night.

Plus a headline today related that due to the substantial growth and success in treating with a new type of immune therapies, major funding is now going to this area. We can apparently thank past President Jimmy Carter for that because of his very public total recovery from melanoma in his brain through this treatment. It seems to me that if he, at his age and with history of pancreatic cancer, can totally beat it in such a difficult to treat area, we can all likely hold out some real hope despite what staging we are at, or expected to be at, in a year or so.

Thank you again for your kind words.

A. A.

Gary,

Thank you for your kind words. I am glad to read that you have added years so far toward your goals. I hope you greatly exceed your goals.

In reading today about progress and trials for treatment methods I actually found some pretty encouraging statistics that didn't exist just a few years ago. (I am sure you are well aware of these advances as you have likely been through those treatments). The progress is quite good and for me encourages a more positive expectation now than I held late last night.

Plus a headline today related that due to the substantial growth and success in treating with a new type of immune therapies, major funding is now going to this area. We can apparently thank past President Jimmy Carter for that because of his very public total recovery from melanoma in his brain through this treatment. It seems to me that if he, at his age and with history of pancreatic cancer, can totally beat it in such a difficult to treat area, we can all likely hold out some real hope despite what staging we are at, or expected to be at, in a year or so.

Thank you again for your kind words.

A. A.

Gary,

Thank you for your kind words. I am glad to read that you have added years so far toward your goals. I hope you greatly exceed your goals.

In reading today about progress and trials for treatment methods I actually found some pretty encouraging statistics that didn't exist just a few years ago. (I am sure you are well aware of these advances as you have likely been through those treatments). The progress is quite good and for me encourages a more positive expectation now than I held late last night.

Plus a headline today related that due to the substantial growth and success in treating with a new type of immune therapies, major funding is now going to this area. We can apparently thank past President Jimmy Carter for that because of his very public total recovery from melanoma in his brain through this treatment. It seems to me that if he, at his age and with history of pancreatic cancer, can totally beat it in such a difficult to treat area, we can all likely hold out some real hope despite what staging we are at, or expected to be at, in a year or so.

Thank you again for your kind words.

A. A.

MoiraM,

Thank you for this. Your story prompted me to look into what treatments have changed since my last encounter. I have avoided looking into new information about treatments because in the past I found the information not just daunting, but often quite depressing. (Better to go in cheerful with faith in treatment than to have the knowledge of miniscule success rates). Not so now, it seems. They are far more encouraging.

One of my doctors told me early on that the generally opinion was that if melanoma patients could make it to the year 2020 that their life expectancy would then become about average with the non-melanoma population due to the rapidity and success of new therapies. It seems that his statement was founded in knowledge of these new therapies success rate. 

It all seems pretty encouraging now, as does your story.

Thanks again.

A. A. 

MoiraM,

Thank you for this. Your story prompted me to look into what treatments have changed since my last encounter. I have avoided looking into new information about treatments because in the past I found the information not just daunting, but often quite depressing. (Better to go in cheerful with faith in treatment than to have the knowledge of miniscule success rates). Not so now, it seems. They are far more encouraging.

One of my doctors told me early on that the generally opinion was that if melanoma patients could make it to the year 2020 that their life expectancy would then become about average with the non-melanoma population due to the rapidity and success of new therapies. It seems that his statement was founded in knowledge of these new therapies success rate. 

It all seems pretty encouraging now, as does your story.

Thanks again.

A. A. 

MoiraM,

Thank you for this. Your story prompted me to look into what treatments have changed since my last encounter. I have avoided looking into new information about treatments because in the past I found the information not just daunting, but often quite depressing. (Better to go in cheerful with faith in treatment than to have the knowledge of miniscule success rates). Not so now, it seems. They are far more encouraging.

One of my doctors told me early on that the generally opinion was that if melanoma patients could make it to the year 2020 that their life expectancy would then become about average with the non-melanoma population due to the rapidity and success of new therapies. It seems that his statement was founded in knowledge of these new therapies success rate. 

It all seems pretty encouraging now, as does your story.

Thanks again.

A. A.