Pleasant surprises
Heading into our doctor's appointment the day before I was to start immunotherapy, Ian said to me "I don't even know what to hope for". Which was exactly what I had been thinking. I had gotten quite accustomed to the idea of no more chemo and its nasty side effects, but at the same time, I would like to hear favorable CT scan results. The drawback to good CT scan results would be that a change in treatment (to immunotherapy) wouldn't be warranted. Therein lying the dilemma. As it turns out, I was able to get the best of both worlds. The CT scan showed minimal growth (1-2mm in some but not all of the "spots") which my doctor said he considered still as "stable disease". The positive that Ian and I hadn't considered was a break from chemo. My doctor suggested that I take a chemo break until after my trip, meaning I would go from July 11th until Aug 29th without any treatment. The longest chemo break I've had since May 2020....