Most days I am on top of my diagnosis...but there are those 'other days' when doubt comes in and drags me down. Some folks call those days "cancer days".
It's an unescapable fact- I have cancer.
Mayo told me that statistically for Stage 4 Melanoma life expectancy is 6- 9 months. What a bummer!
It's been 11 months since Mayo did the biopsy and I am still here. \o/\o/ I am blessed!
I have gone through 10 days of radiation in July and monthly chemotherapy of Temodar.There has been some shrinkage of my cancer according to the various CT scans, PET scans and bone scans there has been no spread.
I have enrolled in a clinical trial in Seattle and recently went and had apheresis to remove my T-cells. It's called "Phase I/II Study To Evaluate The Safety Of Cellular Adoptive Immunotherapy Using Autologous CD8+ Antigen-Specific T Cell Clones Following CD25 Lymphodepletion For Patients With Metastatic Melanoma".
Tomorrow I go to Bismarck for another PET scan to determine if the cancer is behaving itself. It always makes me anxious to have it done. I also have an appointment with my oncologist, have some bloodwork done. I also haveto do a pulmonary function test tomorrow as it was requested for the clinical trial.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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