Will and I went over to meet with my doctors at Beth Israel this afternoon. The ct scan is not as accurate without the contrast material, but as far as they could tell, it showed no new spreading of the cancer, which is good news (this is the first ct scan that hasn't shown quick growth). However, again with the limitations of my contrastless ct, there was also no obvious evidence of shrinkage either. This isn't too uncommon at this stage in the game--apparently the interleukin is still at work within me and the next few weeks will tell how effective it has been.
So, now, again, we are waiting. Three weeks from today, I will have another scan and depending on its results we decide what to do from there. If there is new growth we start looking into our other options; if there is some sort of stasis, they will want us to wait and watch to see what happens next; and finally, and hopefully, if there is shrinkage we will do another round of IL2.
On the other hand, they were quite pleased that I was off all of my medications and feeling very well. I didn't tell them about all my secret cures of mega vitamins, wheat germ and hefty doses of miraculous medals (though not in the ingested form) that are really doing the trick--I'll save those details for next visit. I hope you all are well. Thank you so much for your continued thoughts and prayers. With love.
