Just wanted to say how nice it's been to see so many good news and happy stories the last day or so. I had my local follow-up this afternoon and also recieved a bit of good news: the tumor I had removed last week was completely necrotic- no active tumor at all. Probably explains (at least in part) why I never had any symptoms.
Still don't have the final biopsy and there's still a few questions, but given that bit of info, I'm a bit hopeful that I may not have to return for radiation to the surgical site or, perhaps even the other lesions that were seen on the MRI prior to surgery in other locations. A few more questions still to be answered and hopefully I'll get more answers (and maybe a plan) tomorrow as my local (but very diligent) oncologist tracks down imaging, path reports, etc.
Thrilled that tomorrow morning is my last dose of my steroid taper, and looking forward to resuming PD-1 as soon as they'll let me, and pretty happy that the tumor was actually dead- perhaps there's hope for PD-1 in patients with brain mets after all! We'll see what other info I get and what kind of plan gets proposed, but in the mean time, it really is good to see that others are doing well and getting some good results with their therapies. I think it's good for everyone's morale, at least it is for mine!
Keep fighting everyone- it's worth it and congratulations on all the good news! You all deserve it (and a little bit of a break)!
-Eva
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