MarcyS

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• MarcyS has replied to a post on the message board

  Congratulations!  You must be ecstatic!   When we got the 1st set of scans back on my husband after his 1st IL2 treatment they recommended the exact same thing  . . . more IL2.  He did another round and we are now closing in on 2 years of remission.  He is taking no medication at all and they are scanning every 6 months.  This next scan will be the 2 year mark and then they will go...

  March 13 at 6:00 PM view post

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  Don't wait until Feb.  See your oncologist now!  I don't want to scare you but I have a friend who had a couple of bumps on her neck.  She is prone to fatty cysts and thougth nothing of them.  Even her doctor was not concerned.  They decided to biopsy them as a precaution and she has stage IV lung cancer.  She had even just had lung xrays that were clear.  She is in chemo and beati...

  January 22 at 5:34 PM view post

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  I am so sorry!  Good luck to you.  Keep posting. Marcy

  January 22 at 5:11 PM view post

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  Melissa- I'm so sorry about your father.  The best advice that I can give you is to MAKE SURE you see an oncologis the specializes in kidney cancer.  That is so very important as kidney cancer is totally different than other cancers when it comes to treatment.   I don't think they would biopsy.  Most of the time they know.  Biopsy will create a risk of spreading the cancer.  Goo...

  January 15 at 1:19 AM view post

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  It took several weeks for the fluid to go away completely but he got partial reflief fairly quickly. I'm sorry I didn't get to respond before this.  We were on the road for 3 days. You will find the 2nd week is worse than the 1st.  It seems that the side effect kick in immediately right where they left off.  He probably won't be able to tolerate as many doses the 2nd week of treatment.  It is n...

  December 10 at 4:13 PM view post

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  they gave Orville Demoral for the rigors.  In fact, they had the syringe all ready and within 2 minutes of calling for the nurse they were there ready.  Orville gained over 40 pounds through capillary leakage.  The good news is, it did go away quickly.  Thank you for writing about this.  Good bless. Marcy

  December 06 at 3:35 PM view post

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  How about making a scrap book with all the pictures of fun times in his life? 

  December 03 at 3:52 PM view post

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  Barry- Congratulations!  I agree HD-IL2 is the only way to go!  My husbands treatment was a mirror image of yours only Seattle Cancer Care Alliance had him do it twice.  The 1st time showed shrinkage but the tumors were still there.  He was Grade 4 Stage 4.  As bad as it gets.  We are so grateful that we chose this as our treatment. Good luck to you. Marcy

  December 03 at 3:50 PM view post

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  Hi Matlar25- My husband was stage IV.  Sept 1, 2010 they removed his kidney with a football sized tumor attached.  He had mets in the other kidney, both adrenals and both lungs.  It wasn't good.  He started HD-IL2 Thanksgiving week that year.  I wrote a post on this site back then giving a day to day accounting of what was happening.  I wrote it to help others in that same situation.&n...

  November 25 at 4:48 PM view post

• MarcyS has replied to a post on the message board

  Call around.  Typically the blood test for thryroid is not expensive.  I get my thyroid levels done every 6 months and it is usually under $100.00.  That's worth finding out.  See if there are low income clinics in your area. 

  October 25 at 12:41 AM view post