This all started on January 18 when after some abdominal discomfort Kerry's doctor ordered an ultrasound. They found a large tumor in his liver. A followup petscan and a biopsy showed that the melanoma he first had 9 years ago has returned. He has a total of 4 tumors -- in his liver, back muscle, brain and esophagus.
The current plan is to treat the brain tumor with gamma knife (a type of radiation), treat the back muscle tumor with radiation, and start chemo on 2/20. The treatment, Interluken 2, is pretty nasty and requires him to be in the hospital for 5 days. Then out of the hospital for 2 weeks and then back in the hospital for 5 days for another treatment. If it seems to be effective, this month long treatment will be repeated 2 more times with a month off between treatments.
I'll try to give updates once a week to let you know how things are going.
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