Neurosurgeon Visit and Treatment #1

I will keep this post relatively short. My Daddy saw his neurosurgeon yesterday and was told he is a "good healer", since his wounds are practically invisible. The doctor was very pleased and took him off a medication that we believe is causing his fatigue. He will have a follow-up MRI in June to see how things are progressing with the tumors in his brain.

Next, he went to the oncologist's office to get his first immunotherapy treatment. We met with the nurse practitioner for a review of the adverse side effects, which we don't anticipate with the first treatment. Usually, there are no side effects until the second or third. Everything went fine except we found out who I get my horrible veins from, so they stuck him a few times. When he was almost finished the IV infiltrated and they had to try again to finish up. He was in a rush to get out of there when he was done, but for someone who'd never had IVs, he did great!

So, now we wait to see if this medication can convince his immune system to attack all the melanoma lurking throughout his body. The battle begins.