Well the 3rd clinical study down the drain... The lymph node in the left armpit is continuing to grow went Tuesday for radiation evaluation - 1st time in seen it up close it s beet red, yellowish gray with crust - he has been itching, rubbing it since just after the 3rd week of December -
Go for the simulation planning on Wednesday the 22nd. will be like for the neck lymph node in May 10 treatments 5 days off the weekends. plans are to go back on the Keytruda on Feb 14th since it has helped to keep the main tumor and other lymph nodes in Chest from growing.
The neck tumor alas went down and is stabilized for now last CT scan sets were Dec. 18th - not sure when next will be was to be in February - had christmas week off - the last Clinical infusion was on the 3rd and the capsules last night.... W
ill see if radiation helps this time around. He had official started his 3rd year as of Oct 25, 2019 seems like eons ago with all that has went down since the diagnosis.
Still toughing it our here been fighting for firewood loads since wood heat is all we got ran out this morning before we left been arguing for this load for a week I bite my tongue I got two who were to help me stock up but have not I have had to go to local grocery or lowes on way home and buy the bundle packs to survive till the loads arrive.. st times i want to scream and give up but i know i can't.
Was being cautious as rent for month was $1000=2000 and could not take the animals (dog a soon to be 10 year old dachshund that stayed by his fathers side the 2 1/2 years he was sick & now two inside cats lavender seal point Siamese & he found one in ditch around Oct 13th its a male and from what I can learn is a "Snowshoe" https://cattime.com/cat-breeds/snowshoe-cats#/slide/1 he is dutiful and ornery Not in mood to give them up - thought of buying a house but they run $125,000 (for a fix-upper) to well over $250,000 - my house needs a lot of TLC been in my deceased husbands family since 1940-1944 well over 114 years old and was in the process of starting he restore then all hell broke loose with his dad first cataract surgery followed by the not making red blood cells and the the sons diagnoses on Oct 25, 2017 He today had regular blood test, dr. and no infusion since kicked out of the clinical since accepted for radiation treatment.
Getting the new dependable vehicle was more important - have made over 20 trips to Indy since got it it had a little over 2,000 miles on it and now will turn over 7,500 on Wednesday.
he is back in radiation day 3 yesterday he had to have new scans and be re-assessed on radiation dosage it had tripled in size besides fully being open... was 2nd time I have seen it directly and fully... it looks as big as a soft ball resembles an erupted volcano and has 2-3 round pencil sized deep holes where it is seeping/draining... today the gave us A supply of non stick gauze pads syringes of saline solution to wash it down, and a stretch tube of gauze to keep it covered to keep shirt from irritating it and draining all over but its not working the tube remains but the gauze pads drop so tomorrow they are going to have to come up with another ,method. While re-bandaging tonight I found a dime size beet red lump on the lower left shoulder blade he passed it off as falling on the ice the other day there is no bruising etc. told him he is to tell them of its presences not sure it its another lymph node swelling or not nut does not have to be ignored and let go.... got 7 more treatments unless they increased them but not said as yet Hoping i am just paranoid and its nothing.