My Friends

[Aragorn243]

That is a fantastic response. So is chemo completely done at this point?

Yes and no. She had her last dose last Tuesday. But it is still circulating in her system for another week and a half and her immunity levels remain weak until then. After that she can be around people again. She will then have immunotherapy for several weeks and then surgery.

[Ovidio]

Wish you all the best!!!

[Aragorn243]

Chemo has cleared her system as of Tuesday. Wednesday we had an appointment with her surgeon. She is very pleased with the results of the chemo. She told us the MRI results show NO TUMOR. This is better news than the ultrasound which showed a marble sized tumor. She explained that the MRI is more accurate, more thorough and the ultrasound could be showing scaring or residual tissue that is not cancerous.

This does not mean she is cancer free, she still has surgery scheduled and barring complications or illness, this will be October 11th. They will remove the area surrounding the tumor as it was marked with a marker way back at the beginning and remove several of her lymph nodes. They will do a quick scan of the lymph nodes and if no cancer cells are found they will close her up. If something is found or something is questionable, they will remove more lymph nodes.

When this is all done, she will get radiation therapy for an unspecified time, probably depends on the results of the tissue scans. She will continue with Keytruda until at least March of next year getting treated every three weeks.

Her hair is starting to come back and appears to be black, her hair is normally brown. It will eventually return to brown I'm sure. A lot of times it's red from what we were told.

[Low & Slow]

I'm glad to hear some good news!

[Ovidio]

Best wishes and a big hug!!!

[CINDERS]

Almost out of that darkness into the light, faith has the power. Good news to hear for you both Steve.

[mnmkeller]

Great news...long struggle but def great results

Likely the ultrasound did show scarring but relief that the mri is clear.

[Bob Womack]

I'm glad to hear the good news!!!

Bob

[Aragorn243]

Surgery was today. It went smoothly. She is home already but a bit loopy. Surgery lasted a little over two hours. The surgeon said she saw nothing that caused her concern. She only found one lymph node as a lot were removed 10 years ago. The lymph node passed the preliminary cancer test.

All we need to do is wait for the full pathology report which will take about a week.

Thanks for the support and prayers. Almost out of this I think.

[Bob Womack]

Wonderful news. Send her our best!

Bob