I had my consultation with my oncologist on Friday. I have several tumors that are under the surface of my skin that I can monitor easily. One of the tumors all but disappeared, but the others have grown considerably. The plan is to do my second regiment of chemo starting tomorrow, followed by a PET scan, and possibly some radiation. I'm not feeling extremely confident at this point.
I e-mailed my oncologist at the Seattle Cancer Care Center to see how he felt about the procedure. He sent me some studies on some new experimental cures for Merkel Cell. The problem is he wants me to get Kaiser to pay the way, and Kaiser has told me that the one outside consultation is all that they would do. I'm going to turn this information over to my Kaiser oncologist and proceed from there.
I'm feeling pretty good - just a little more tired than usual.
Jim
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