Doctor Day!

Today was doctor day! Shockingly this was the shortest visit yet. They wanted to check on my side effects, and how I was doing with everything. So far, looking good! Powering through my side effects to the last treatment. My last Yervoy treatment is set for next week. Woohoo!!! Now we are woking on getting the ball rolling on the next step in our journey.

On an exciting note- we qualified for a medical assistance fund that helps melanoma patients with Yervoy treatments. (our oncologist office automatically applies for this as Yervoy is pricey at about $45,000 per treatment) We didnt realize this, and went to make a payment to discover that our account was almost paid in full. SHOCK!!! This is great news!!! We didnt even realize that the paperwork had been filed.

Now here is a schedule of our next steps. Unlucky for me, they are making me wait a few weeks between treatment and my next set of scans.

April 15th- PET scan and MRI of brain
April 16th- Appt with docs to read scans, and apt with chest doctor about lung tumor. My oncologist will be present with the chest doc. This is where they will talk about our options and how to proceed. Right now best case? surgery.

We dont really know anything for sure until we get the results of my scans. We could be looking at just surgery, or surgery and chemo, or radiation. Basically we dont know until we see whats been going on these past few weeks. We are crossing our fingers its still just the one lung tumor. The waiting is what I cannot stand.

On a side note- we are on the look out for the signs of a rash. I am red and splotchy and itchy ALL OVER!!! (fun side effect) so far no rash. If rash pops up then more steroids my way. I just keep telling myself "powering thru! 1 week till last treatment."