1/27/17
Finished 2 weeks of Targeted Radiation Therapy on my Liver. I can't tell if it worked or not. I will find out Feb 17th. They will decide then if I need more treatments or if I'm good to go. Scans every 2 or 3 months. Keep praying it is gone and not moved to somewhere else.
I had quit smoking 6.5 years before the diagnosis of Small Cell Lung Cancer in October 2013. Newest posts are at the top. (descending order by date) Some comments follow the posts which are revealing and from contributing authors. The blog is 2 pages long now.
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Friday, January 13, 2017
Outlook is a little more positive now. we met with Dr Antonia the Opdivo specialist. He said there was no logic in doing or trying Opdivo until we see how the radiation works. Radiation has been successful in treating SCLC. That is what killed it off in my lungs. Dr Antonia wants to wait and see how the radiation works. He is confident it will work, SCLC can't hold up to targeted radiation. He said if it works they will watch me like a hawk with CTScans every 3 months.
SCLC = Small Cell Lung Cancer
SCLC = Small Cell Lung Cancer
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Running out of choices...
Going in Monday, Jan 9th, 2013 to get location seeds put in my liver, When treatments start, it will be for 5 days in a row with targeted radiation,
After that they are going to use Opdivo. It wasn't designed for small cell or FDA approved for Small Cell but medicare will pay of it.
I guess it falls under experimental treatments.
After that they are going to use Opdivo. It wasn't designed for small cell or FDA approved for Small Cell but medicare will pay of it.
I guess it falls under experimental treatments.
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