AndrewB84
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      • October 30, 2018 at 10:04 pm
      AndrewB84
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        Thank you Mark for the encouragement. The thing that has been frustrating about this whole thing has been the waiting. I want to get this done with. I wish I could just get a Mellon baller and just scoop the damn tumor off my leg. Also it would be totally cathartic to be able to smash the tumor with a hammer. I know it doesn’t work that way, but a guy can dream. I need to excercise patience and remember the good things. It’s just a struggle. Thank you for your perspective, it definitely helps. 

        • October 30, 2018 at 6:47 pm
        AndrewB84
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          Honestly it may be the Ipilimumab. It is seriously overwhelming having all the information thrown at you in those doctors visits. My fiancé comes with me to all my visits just so I have someone else to hear what I’m hearing. I know the doctor said something and I may be misremembering things. They are the ones who know better on that stuff. Regardless of which of the drugs in the cocktail is causing the liver stuff, I know I’ll go on with the other. I keep on being happy that I’m witnessing some results with the tumor shrinking. I’m just hoping that this break from treatmeant from steroids doesn’t interfere with further results.

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