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3 weeks on B-RAF

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    • March 15, 2011 at 11:59 pm
    KellieSue
    Participant

      Still feeling good. Had a ECHO/EKG today and about 9 vials of blood drawn today. Yikes!

      My thyroid tumor seems to have disappeared! It was stable and even shrunk a bit with the 2 doses of ALT and IL-2 but it was still sticking around on my neck. But I can't feel or see it anymore!

      Everything looks good, I'll have my first CT in about 4-5 weeks. I'm very antsy, hoping the scan shows how good I'm feeling!

      Still feeling good. Had a ECHO/EKG today and about 9 vials of blood drawn today. Yikes!

      My thyroid tumor seems to have disappeared! It was stable and even shrunk a bit with the 2 doses of ALT and IL-2 but it was still sticking around on my neck. But I can't feel or see it anymore!

      Everything looks good, I'll have my first CT in about 4-5 weeks. I'm very antsy, hoping the scan shows how good I'm feeling!

      I did start on dicyclen(sp)  for facial rash, I don't have one yet but it's probably coming so they want to try and stop it in it's tracks.

      Also another weird thing, I was given a bottle with 32 pills 3 weeks ago so I only took  20 pills up to today but I had to turn my pill bottle in and I got another one with 32 pills in it. Weird right? You would think with what this stuff costs they would want to use it all up before they gave me another bottle. Oh well, I'll do what they tell me. 🙂

      Dr is very happy with how I look and feel!

      Kellie(From Iowa) Stage IV on B-RAF

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        • March 16, 2011 at 1:36 am
        dawn dion
        Participant

          Kellie – what fabulous news – It gives me hope that I will have the same results – Keep up the great work!   I go for a blood draw and EKG on Friday.

          • March 16, 2011 at 1:36 am
          dawn dion
          Participant

            Kellie – what fabulous news – It gives me hope that I will have the same results – Keep up the great work!   I go for a blood draw and EKG on Friday.

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