Results of the Scans

Well, the news wasn't really good and it wasn't bad...it was somewhere in between. Of course, I had hoped that the scans would show a marked decrease in tumor size and activity from the last scans after cycles 1 and 2, but what they showed was that I am holding my own against the disease. One small tumor had disappeared, one small tumor was a little larger and the two large tumors were unchanged from the last scans. What does this mean?? Well, it is not clear. But based on his experience with other IL-2 patients, my oncologist believes that the IL-2 treatments are enhancing my immune system to fight the disease. But because there was no dramatic difference between these scans, he recommended that I continue with cycles 5 and 6 to see if we could boost my immune system even more. So I am now mulling over the question of whether to put myself through another two cycles, weighing the risks vs the benefits and assessing whether I have enough courage to face those side effects again.