My optimism was dashed on June 29, 2010 when the PET/CT scans showed metastases in the cirvical spine, right lower lung and right flank. Two of these metastases are not easily removed with surgery and I was now in the next phase of Stage IV melanoma. What a bleak few days I had as I absorbed the news and tried to find some equilibrium again.
Thank goodness for my grand children (Dash- age 2 and Kai -age 18 months) and my dear children and their spouses. We all gathered for the 4th of July at our vacation home on the Oregon coast for three days of laughs and Granny support.
Thanks goodness also for three dear friends, Lynda, Karla, and Judy, who accomplanied me on a 6-day golfing and sightseeing adventure around NW Oregon and Washington. We laughed so much that I stored up enough endorphins to last me through the anxioius weeks of waiting to see if I qualify for a Stage III trial of a BRAF inhibitor.
Finally found out today - August 3 (have been waiting since July 6th) that I have the mutation and now must pass the the other clinical tests to see if I qualify for the trial. Then I have a 50% chance of getting the drug. If I end up as a control, I will be on dicarbazine. We shall see.....
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