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      • July 6, 2019 at 6:46 pm
      BlindSquirl
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      Dr Chen has been pretty on top of things so let’s hope he considers a longer period between dose 2 & 3.
      • July 6, 2019 at 6:40 pm
      BlindSquirl
      Participant
      Thank you.

      She’s been pretty good about eating the “powerkraut” I make for her. Organic, raw and inocculatent with broad spectrum probiotics in 1 quart batches. The oncologists staff has commented every time on how good her immune system was doing. Apparently even the Braftovi/Maktovi combo usually does a number on immune system.

      I’m with her now & she’s miserable, retaining fluid,still waiting to hear about the MRI & thoracentisis.

      • July 6, 2019 at 3:51 pm
      BlindSquirl
      Participant
      Thank you Celeste

      I’ve quoted quite a few of your posts to my wife.

      With my layman’s understanding of those 2 reports, it looks like getting the 1st 2 rounds of ipi/nivo then switching to nivo alone were almost as effective as getting the entire regimen?

      I’m still curious about the shrinking mets in her arm pit after the 1st treatment.

      She completely changed her diet just before starting ipi/nivo, mostly veggies (organic when possible) a little fruit, as a treat and occasionally, clean animal protein, i.e.organic eggs, grass-fed lamb, wild caught smaller fish (nothing from the top of the foodchain like tuna or swordfish), as little processed food as possible.

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