Surprise Surgery

Last Thursday I went to see my surgeon to set up the removal of the tumors when I return from Spain. He checked my scans, palpitated the the tumors and said "Let's take these out today." I was a bit taken aback but only agreed when he guaranteed that I would be able to play golf in Spain. The only thing that he said that I couldn't do was swim. So he took them out. I did have to be much more active over the weekend than I would have wanted with my sister Ann and her husband visiting from San Diego and a photo shoot with my four grandchildren.

The interesting thing that I learned from him yesterday is that the pathology report showed that the tumors were melanoma but half of the tissue was dead. He was optimistic that it meant that the IL-2 was doing its job and that is a very hopeful thought.....