Well...a change in the path of Woody's melanoma treatment. The IL-2 didn't do what we had hoped. The scan reports didn't get back to Dr. Sosman before he saw us. But before coming in to see us, Dr. Sosman did talk to a radiologist who had looked at today's scans. And...what Woody was sure of before this appointment...some of the places that they looked at hadn't shrunk nor stayed the same, but had gotten larger. So...on to something else...
He will be taking part in a study and is being put on a waiting list for two other studies.
The study that he will start with is a chemo drug + another drug or a placebo. I'll explain more after I learn and understand and process more about it. We will be called when they have a time set up for us. I understand that this chemo is in pill form.
Everything at Vanderbilt pretty much went like clock-work today--no major delays. Three appointments done in less than three hours! (But you have to, of course, add in three more hours--1 1/2 hours travel time to Nashville and 1 1/2 hours travel time back to Tullahoma...so still made for a long day. But we were very thankful to get all three appts. done in one day.)
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