Next Melanoma Treatment Underway

 Well, we have finished another Vanderbilt visit and Woody has the first of four infusions under his belt..  We left the house at 9:30am and pulled back into our driveway a little after 8pm.  We did stop on the way home for supper. The rest of the day was either spent traveling to or from or in a chair in some part of the Vanderbilt Cancer Clinic...waiting around!  Things went pretty much like clock work...we were only about a half hour late for the infusion appointment (due to Dr. Sosman's appointment running over a bit). It was freezing in the infusion room.  I was so glad that I had taken a long sleeved shirt to put on if I got cold. Note that Woody has a blanket over him in the picture. Dr. Sosman ordered x-rays of Woody's right leg below the knee and also of his left upper arm.  The x-rays got added to the end of the day after the infusion.  So far he hasn't had any untoward effects due the infusion.  He said the only thing that he noticed when having the infusion was that every so often he thought that he could taste the medicine.  He said that he didn't like that. He did lots of crossword puzzles and a little reading and I read quite a bit.  Glad to be back home! I have come home armed with all sorts of papers about Yervoy/Ipilimumab. I just have to be aware of certain side effects that we need to contact the clinic about if they should occur. Well, onward and upward as Woody continues to defy the odds in his fight with 4th stage melanoma.  God has been right there with Woody and the doctors the whole way.  To God be the glory!

Woody did walk four miles this morning before we left for Nashville.