The clinic gave me herpes…

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- January 29, 2019 at 8:52 pm
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Julie in SoCal
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and I'm happy about it.

Ok all joking aside. My first T-VEC (weakened herpes ++) injection was yesterday. Yes it hurt! Wow! It didn't hurt for long but WOW that sucker hurt. As de from that the sfx have been headache, achy, that dreaded flu like symptom, and stomach cramps. Overall not too bad.

I stayed home form work today – just because I don't know what will happen, but I probably could have gone to work, but hey! There should be some perks with cancer 😉

Now I'm just waiting for it to melt these little suckers! Oh yea! My family and I are feeling good about this treatment– that it will be the end of Mel!. I would like that.

Just wanted to pop in and let everyone know how it went. And of course to joke around. Gotta get back to work,

Shalom,

Julie

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- - January 29, 2019 at 8:57 pm
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  AN8
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  Ok..that was funny! Always keep your humor. I believe it keeps us all sane! Best wishes to you.
- - January 29, 2019 at 9:13 pm
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  ed williams
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  Hi Julie, now that is a great title to get people to read a post!!! It made me laugh and think of all those tabloids that have titles like " Cancer cure found!!!" Hope that T-vec is the magic bullet!!!Ed
- - January 29, 2019 at 9:18 pm
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  jmp_0513
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  Oh my gosh! The title of this post totally made me chuckle! Total click bait and I love it 🙂 Best of luck to you!
- - January 29, 2019 at 11:45 pm
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  Bubbles
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  Best way to get and utilize an STI that I know of!!! Way to go, Julie!!! Sorry it was painful. Hopefully, you are through the worst….in ALL ways! Keep us posted. Celeste
- - January 30, 2019 at 12:03 am
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  MMH
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  Thanks for the update! And you made me laugh while you were at it….
- - January 30, 2019 at 12:46 am
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  Casitas1
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  Lol! Thanks Julie I needed a laugh today. Melt suckers melt! How often are injections? Or just 1? Best, Paul
  - January 30, 2019 at 1:02 am
    
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    Julie in SoCal
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    Hey Paul,
    
    I'm always glad to provide a laugh. Especially for this group.
    
    As I understand it, the protocol is and injection week 1, 3, 6, 8.10,12… or until you don't have a tumor to inject. My tumor is pretty small, so I'm doubting I'll have very many past week 6 or 8.
    
    Thanks for your good wishes, and for my new war chant: "MELT SUCKERS MELT!!"
    
    Shalom,
    
    Julie
- - January 30, 2019 at 2:30 am
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  Coragirl
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  You have a wonderful sense of humor. Hope the treatment gets rid of the beast for good!
- - January 30, 2019 at 5:03 am
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  jbronicki
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  You had me at herpes Julie! Totally reeled me in 🙂 Can't wait for the melting to begin, and don't worry about missing work, you deserve it! I actually took the day off after my husband's surgery, HE WENT TO WORK! I took a mental health day that day 🙂
- - January 31, 2019 at 1:58 am
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  lkb
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  Melt suckers melt! I like it. Must admit I: also thought of the Wicked Witch of the West: I'm meeeellllltttingggg! (Alternate chant). I'm having my first injection tomorrow. I expect it to hurt and have asked for a calming pharmaceutical. Wimpitude is one of my great talents.
  - February 2, 2019 at 6:04 pm
    
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    Manfred
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    Hi Julie,
    
    I have a question about your BRAF status,are you positive and good luck with the T VEC.
    
    Manfred
  - February 8, 2019 at 10:43 pm
    
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    Julie in SoCal
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    Hi Manfred,
    
    Yes, I"m BRAF+ but I have a very, very low tumor burden. Because the BRAF drugs don't tend to be long term answers, I don't want to use Braf drugs yet. I'll save those for a time when I have more tumors, or when they get out of control.
    
    Make sense?