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RayPMcConnell

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      RayPMcConnell
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      I was diagnosed Stage for in January of 2015, with mets throughout both lungs, and I took two course of the ipi/nivo combo therapy, which caused meningitis, hepatitis, and insulin-dependent diabetes. I was hospitalized for two weeks.

      NED by October of 2015.

      I continue to deal with the insulin-dependent diabetes, but I’ll take the trade!

      Praying for you. Keep up the good fight!

      RayPMcConnell
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      Thank you so much for the update, Josh.

      I prayed a 15 decade Rosary for you at Mass on Saturday.

      Ray

      RayPMcConnell
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      Thank you so much for the update, Josh.

      I prayed a 15 decade Rosary for you at Mass on Saturday.

      Ray

      RayPMcConnell
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      Thank you so much for the update, Josh.

      I prayed a 15 decade Rosary for you at Mass on Saturday.

      Ray

      RayPMcConnell
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      I was diagnosed Stage 4 with mets throughout my lungs in January of 2015.

      I was only able to receive two of four infusions of the ipi/nivo combo in April of 2015 before treatment was stopped due to auto-immune hepatitis, meningitis, and diabetes.

      I was hospitalized for two weeks, but CT scans revealed that the treatment was working, and I was NED by October of 2015.

      Prayers that it works as well for you as it did for me.

      Ray

       

      RayPMcConnell
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      I was diagnosed Stage 4 with mets throughout my lungs in January of 2015.

      I was only able to receive two of four infusions of the ipi/nivo combo in April of 2015 before treatment was stopped due to auto-immune hepatitis, meningitis, and diabetes.

      I was hospitalized for two weeks, but CT scans revealed that the treatment was working, and I was NED by October of 2015.

      Prayers that it works as well for you as it did for me.

      Ray

       

      RayPMcConnell
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      I was diagnosed Stage 4 with mets throughout my lungs in January of 2015.

      I was only able to receive two of four infusions of the ipi/nivo combo in April of 2015 before treatment was stopped due to auto-immune hepatitis, meningitis, and diabetes.

      I was hospitalized for two weeks, but CT scans revealed that the treatment was working, and I was NED by October of 2015.

      Prayers that it works as well for you as it did for me.

      Ray

       

      RayPMcConnell
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      I'm praying for you and your family, Josh.

       

      RayPMcConnell
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      I'm praying for you and your family, Josh.

       

      RayPMcConnell
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      I'm praying for you and your family, Josh.

       

      RayPMcConnell
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      I was diagnosed Stage for in January of 2015, with mets throughout both lungs, and I took two course of the ipi/nivo combo therapy, which caused meningitis, hepatitis, and insulin-dependent diabetes. I was hospitalized for two weeks.

      NED by October of 2015.

      I continue to deal with the insulin-dependent diabetes, but I’ll take the trade!

      Praying for you. Keep up the good fight!

      RayPMcConnell
      Participant

      I was diagnosed Stage 4 in January of 2015 with mets throughout my lungs, and NED since October of 2015 after two infusions of ipi/nivo.

      At each of my follow-up appointments I ask my oncologist at the University of Michigan if he knows of anyone with a total response to immunotherapy that has had a recurrence, and, as of my last appt in October, he had not.

      I keep up with these boards to check on any such recurrences, and yours is the first I’ve seen.

      I will keep you and your family in my daily Rosary, Ashley.

      RayPMcConnell
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      Thank you so much for the update.

      I pray the Rosary for Josh and his family every day.

      RayPMcConnell
      Participant

      Thank you so much for the update.

      I pray the Rosary for Josh and his family every day.

      RayPMcConnell
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      Thank you so much! I will be praying for you.

       

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