About a week ago I started having some minor chest pains. A
couple of nights ago they became very painful when I went to lie down at
night. They would go away in few minutes but very sharp pain at first. I
had been e-mailing my Oncologist and when the pains got more sever he wanted me
to come in. I went in yesterday we talked in detail and he checked me
out. He thought it might be an inflammation of the lining of my heart,
could be caused by the tumors, not too sure so he wanted another EKG and
Echocardiogram (ultrasound on the heart). Results where no noticeable issues
with the heart other than the tumor has shrunk to 35% of its original size with
three weeks of Zelboraf, a very healthy diet and lots of fasting, prayers and
good thoughts by lots of wonderful people we love and care about. What a
happy day!!! We only had a 50% chance of being able to use this drug and
a 48% to 60% chance it would work and it is working beautifully. It still
could stop working at anytime so we are not done, but going the right direction
for sure. Some minor side effects, like bumps growing all over but we had
them tested and they are benign. The only other is a few aches and pains
that come and go. We are very excited with the progress!!
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