Joe I just read your note and my husband also is in his 7th year as of this month, He also has tried numerous treatments, when first diagnosed IL2 was really the only proven treatment for renal cell, maybe interferon. He therefore was a wait and see how stable his cancer was. For three years his lung mets remained stable by the way he did have a right nephrectomy and adrenal gland removed as well as wedge of the right lung. He worked three years, playe golf and traveled. Then the bone mets raised their ugly head and it has been a battle ever since. That has been 4 years. He was on interferon alpha for 80 wks and that was in the clilnlical trial for the torisel although he didnt get the drug he now is on it and in December, tumors were stable, this was his last chance as he had already been on nexavar and sutent. First of October he was told he had a few weeks or months to live , he is now in his six month so it shows no one predict this cancers outcome, it sure is a strange duck, but I am thankful it had not been as agressive as some renal cell cancer pts.
The bone mets really have debilitated him but he still enjoys the sun coming up for another day. So far the torisel has been very tolerable and I pray it will both stay that and also keeps the tumors at least stable because every day we buy maybe closer to a cure. When friends ask how he is I tell him he still fighting the fight and I hope some day I can say he won the war. Good luck to you.