What Comes Next?

The joy of today’s gamma knife success was tempered by the realities of future challenges. We have received results from last Wednesday’s PET scan. Harold has quite a few more tumors spread throughout his body. That is often the case with melanoma; we were just hoping it wouldn’t be so for him. It is, and so we move on to next steps.

Traditional chemotherapy doesn’t work, but there is a new protocol called immunotherapy that has had success. Harold will be undergoing a series of four infusions, one given every three weeks. These infusions are designed to use the body’s own immune system to fight the melanoma systemically or throughout the body. The effect is to turn the immune system on full blast.      

We are grateful for the blessing of a successful surgery today and for the faith and prayers of so many friends and family.