Hi all,
Just a little update. As I was approaching # 5 I was experiencing some chest pains and shortness of breath so my CT scan that was scheduled for 5/28 got bumped to the 5/5 and treatment was to be deferred.
Worst scan ever.. nurse did something wrong and I ended up with a very painful extravasation. Nurse missed the vein putting the needle in.
Results from the scan indicated a plureral effusion or suspected pneumatitis from radiation. I was placed on high dose of prednisone, currently tappering down.
Oh and somehow during this time I managed to be exposed to covid and tested positive for the antibodies.
I had a follow up today with the thoracic oncologist and was informed that I will no longer be doing immunotherapy. I’m having a very mixed reaction to this. My tumor has shrank from its original 4.3 cm x 2.9 cm to 2.0 x 1.9. One node has remained the same. And one node has slightly decreased since November 2019. I am super grateful for the treatments but what happens if I start to go backwards.
I’m not sure what the next steps are...
Polly