My husband survived Merkel Cell Carcinoma after having an egg-sized tumor removed from his left hip 5 1/2 years ago. They checked the sentinel nodes, removed them and tested, they were cancer-free. He has just been (3weeks agao) again been diagnosed with it. This time there was a lemon-sized tumor under his arm (has now been removed) and they cat-scanned for more and found 4- 3cm sized lesions or tumors on his bile duct, liver, kidney, and decending left colon. These have been very painful and he had to have 2 stints put in his bile duct to help the bile release so he could eat and not be vomiting and nauseated all the time. He is on Chemo, his bilirubins were up to 12, then 7.2 when Chemo started, they are now 4.7. They really don't like to do Chemo til they're down to 5 but as you know it is extremely agressive so they started it. He is receiving the shots that stimulate his bone marrow to make more white blood cells as his are very low and they are administering TPN because he has been so dehydrated. He has lost 33lbs in 3 1/2 weeks. He is 60 years old, was a lifeguard in the '60s and we are both Christian and very committed. gina