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Scan results — Good News

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    • February 28, 2018 at 2:53 am
    CancerSpouse
    Participant

      Hey Cancer Warriors:

      Happy to share some good news from John's latest scan results: The remaining tumor on his left adrenal gland has continued to shrink. It's down 10 mm (to 27 x 20 mm) since he started on Keytruda last October.

      The left deltoid tumor that had been directly injected with SD-101 as part of a clinical trial remains MIA (missing and inactive) following his last injection in January. The original, canary-in-the-coal-mine tumor removed from the back of his head has also not reappeared. And there are no new lesions. 

      Hoping the trend continues!

      Side effects have diminished since going off the trial drug. Even the oral ulcers are less severe. Rash flares up that are tolerable. Now we can just focus on regaining his lost weight, about 10 pounds. (So far, I've gained most of it myself.)

      Thank you to EVERYONE for your support and advice. You are stellar folks, and I've found this group invaluable.

      Fight on!

      Carol   

       

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        • February 28, 2018 at 3:15 am
        BillB
        Participant

          Congratulations on the good news and may it continue indefinitely.

          bill

            • February 28, 2018 at 1:43 pm
            dessie
            Participant

              Congrats to hubby and you!  Getting good news like this is always welcome!!

              dessie

            • February 28, 2018 at 6:30 pm
            sister of patient
            Participant

              Exellent news Carol!! I wish you both more continued success and the best possible outcome!!

              Barb

              • February 28, 2018 at 7:08 pm
              cancersnewnormal
              Participant

                Always nice to hear when someone takes an upswing! 🙂  Sounds like it is certainly a good time to give him back some of those pounds of his that found their way to you. Way to take one for the team though! HA!  

                  • February 28, 2018 at 11:18 pm
                  CancerSpouse
                  Participant

                    I know, Nikki, right! I wish I could! The whole household has gained weight, except John. Even the dog is weighing in at a record 80 pounds, five more than his vet prefers.

                  • February 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm
                  DZnDef
                  Participant

                    Congratulations, Carol and

                      • February 28, 2018 at 7:34 pm
                      DZnDef
                      Participant

                        Continuing from above (I scrolled up to double-check your husband's name and was not allowed to finish the post.  So here goes. ..congratulations Carol and John!  I hope you continue to get great news!

                         

                        Cheers,

                        Maggie

                        • February 28, 2018 at 10:59 pm
                        ed williams
                        Participant

                          So how are you doing Maggie???

                           

                          • March 3, 2018 at 6:08 pm
                          DZnDef
                          Participant

                            Hi Ed,

                             

                            I'm so glad to see you and Celeste continuing to help people on this board.  Love your encyclopedic video knowledge, and let's face it, Celeste is a dream come true for anyone looking for both encouragement and latest scientific data.  I'm thrilled to see Janner continues to help out the newbies as well.  I'm sorry I haven't given out more shout outs but I'll blame that on some brain fog for now.  Just a great group of people here overall.  I will post an update in a separate post.  Thanks for asking.

                            Cheers!

                            Maggie

                          • February 28, 2018 at 11:21 pm
                          CancerSpouse
                          Participant

                            Bill, Dessie, Barb, Niki & Maggie,

                            Thanks for the well wishes! We feel like we should be celebrating every single day.

                            Here's to everyone's good health!

                            Carol

                            • March 1, 2018 at 3:00 am
                            Bubbles
                            Participant

                              Wonderful!!!!  Enjoy!  celeste

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