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    • December 13, 2011 at 2:32 am
    deeczar
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      Hi..

      I'm suppose to have Isolated Limb Infusion at MD Anderson in a few weeks and wondering if anyone on here has had it done..Just looking for info on what I might expect and so on..any info would be appreciated…Thanks Dee

      Hi..

      I'm suppose to have Isolated Limb Infusion at MD Anderson in a few weeks and wondering if anyone on here has had it done..Just looking for info on what I might expect and so on..any info would be appreciated…Thanks Dee

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        • December 13, 2011 at 2:58 am
        Vermont_Donna
        Participant

          Hi Dee,

            Yes I had an ILP at Mass General in Boston in 2009. Please read my profile for more information and also you can put the words isolated limb perfusion in the search topics part of this bulletin board for more posts from me and several others who have also done the ILP. It is a little over two years after my ILP…..I did have more reoccurrences of melanoma and have done other treatments (Yervoy is what worked). ILP's have an 85%chance of making you NED. I was not in that 85% but it bought me time. I do have moderate neuropathy in my right foot and lower calf which is annoying but I'll take that anyday over dying from melanoma.

          Good luck!

          Vermont_Donna, stage 3a, NED

          • December 13, 2011 at 2:58 am
          Vermont_Donna
          Participant

            Hi Dee,

              Yes I had an ILP at Mass General in Boston in 2009. Please read my profile for more information and also you can put the words isolated limb perfusion in the search topics part of this bulletin board for more posts from me and several others who have also done the ILP. It is a little over two years after my ILP…..I did have more reoccurrences of melanoma and have done other treatments (Yervoy is what worked). ILP's have an 85%chance of making you NED. I was not in that 85% but it bought me time. I do have moderate neuropathy in my right foot and lower calf which is annoying but I'll take that anyday over dying from melanoma.

            Good luck!

            Vermont_Donna, stage 3a, NED

            • December 13, 2011 at 2:58 am
            Vermont_Donna
            Participant

              Hi Dee,

                Yes I had an ILP at Mass General in Boston in 2009. Please read my profile for more information and also you can put the words isolated limb perfusion in the search topics part of this bulletin board for more posts from me and several others who have also done the ILP. It is a little over two years after my ILP…..I did have more reoccurrences of melanoma and have done other treatments (Yervoy is what worked). ILP's have an 85%chance of making you NED. I was not in that 85% but it bought me time. I do have moderate neuropathy in my right foot and lower calf which is annoying but I'll take that anyday over dying from melanoma.

              Good luck!

              Vermont_Donna, stage 3a, NED

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