Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Success!

 

 I was told my #cancer drug trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was working on Thursday. But the report was not posted until Monday.  

3 of the 4 lung tumors (out of around the 80 I have) were noted to have shrunk nicely 😀  Rough math looks to be about 20% or so.  One of them grew a tad, but very well could be some inflammation from the drug trial itself. Not a fan of the consolidation reported, but still a W overall on the lungs in my mind. Will be interesting to see what happens on September scan.

The rest of things are considered stable. Next infusion in a couple of weeks. Really nice that it is just a short infusion every month going forward.  The first infusion of the second drug by itself has been easy.  No adverse effects, other than being tired.  But I had a long 4 months with the surgery, radiation and the start of the drug trial.  So a good portion of being tired can be from that and not exercising like I normally do.  I feel less tired than I did a few weeks ago.  So pretty hopeful.

Speaking to my back surgeon this week. Though my back is sore/balky a bit, I am moving better and think I will be on the treadmill walking by next weekend - not a huge stretch to think that, walked close to 2 miles today.

It is amazing to think of where I am today, compared to even just four weeks ago.  I actually jogged 20 feet when walking on a baseball field to make sure I would not get hit while a pitcher was warming up 😀

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