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Chemo every two weeks for the rest of my life?!?
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@jimurphy1947 atgardencitybeach
Thanks Jim!
You brim with optimism, which is super. I am happy now that the months long radiation on my esophagus, ending in late November, resulted in nuking away my 5 cm tumor there entirely. The Petscan this month showed it's all GONE.
So now, hopefully the Opdivo immunotherapy that starts next will tackle the cohort set of cancer spots in bone, liver, and lymphs.
It's great to be eating solid food after four months of just mush, but chemo with Folfox same as you get does curb the appetite. Keytruda is also an immunotherapy drug, right? Please report how it's working on your metastases and main tumor.
Did you get the esophageal tumor radiated? It worked so well on mine, also squamous cell and low set near the stomach.
I am not too worried, thanks Mr. Clemens (he's listed on my family tree, "also known as Mark Twain").
Since getting this dark diagnosis it seems like every new day arrives gifts wrapped in space and time.
All best wishes,
Marcia
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@maraca Yes Keytruda is also an Immune therapy, when I was I first diagnosed the radiation doctor told me I had to much disease throughout my abdomen so I was not a candidate for radiation, but my tumor shrunk fairly quickly after a few chemo. There was another immune therapy they tried on me which is more targeted to my disease VyIoy, I had tested positive for the gene for that treatment but it was very hard on me and I requested to go back to the Keytruda since I was doing so well, I was the guy going to chemo on my motorcycle and doing the stairs where with the other treatment I slept for 3 days straight and then struggled with walking and general life for about two weeks after.
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Typing here is annoying. I wrote "month-long" radiation ( it was 28 days) and the auto correct made it "months long. " Also, every new day arrives "gift-wrapped in space and time," not "gifts wrapped."