A great video about Bobby's treatment

This video describes the treatment that Bobby is getting...it is pretty interesting.  The physician who is speaking in the video, Dr. Lynn Schuchter is from  UPENN.  She is talking about the Ipilimumab (Ipi) that Bobby has been getting.  Great news...that we kind of knew already.

Life is pretty normal here.  Trying to raise 3 teenagers, a herd of cats, keep the house clean, work, garden, sleep.  Eating ranks pretty high up there too.  Bobby's next scans are in early/mid August.  I want to scan or re-create the tumor log from his visits.  I will work on that--and post it.  Now that is something to share!!!  It puts all of this into perspective.  Bobby is tired and feels run down but that is really the only side effect he has had from this medication (and fighting off cancer)...he has a right to be tired!  He's trying to slow down the pace and listen to his body. I listen too and don't hesitate to tell him what I hear. 

We've been busy lately and posting has been sparse.  I will try to keep up and will try to check the emails more often to catch up on messages.  We hope your summer is starting off well.  We'd love to hear from you.


Promising News About Immunotherapy from Patient Power® on Vimeo.

A bit of good news...from the 2010 Melanoma Conference (ASCO)

Conclusions: In patients who progressed following an initial
response to the induction course of therapy, the disease control rate in
the ipilimumab arms was 65%-75% compared to 0% in the gp100 arm upon
re-induction. These findings may have implications for the use of
ipilimumab therapy in the long-term management of advanced melanoma.... (Ipilimumab is the drug Bobby is getting in the clinical trial)