Immunotherapy Update

 Been almost two weeks since my first immunotherapy treatment.  Will not find out if it is working for a bit still.  With chemo they can often see results on a scan within two weeks of starting.  With this treatment it can be a few months, which includes an initial scan where the cancer looks like it is growing - if it works the inflamation process associated with the system attacking the cancer can look that way.

 That being said, after one treatment (I am on a once a month schedule) I do not feel bad and do not think I have had any reaction so far.  I am training for triathlons still and any feeling of being tired I chalk up to that, much like seasonal allergies for whatever else I am feeling.  Nothing that seems to be a radical change in those things.

 This (so far) is easier than chemo.  Blood draw/4 EKGs, 1/2 hour infusion, another Blood Draw/4 EKGs, hang out for 4-5 hours then one more Blood Draw/4 EKGs.  The next treatment I do not even have to go back the following day for more blood draws.    Certianly an improvement over being infused for a couple of hours and having a chemo pump needle stuck in my chest for another 48 hours.

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