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- Mon Jul 05, 2021 9:36 am
- Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
- Topic: Katie from Minnesota
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5207
Re: Katie from Minnesota
Olga, thank you so much for that description. It makes total sense. This forum has been invaluable… without it, I wouldn’t have a clue at all what I’m dealing with!
- Sun Jul 04, 2021 11:20 pm
- Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
- Topic: Katie from Minnesota
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5207
Re: Katie from Minnesota
Seems you’ve had great response so far but I would agree to maybe plan to remove the primary tumor? Maybe they can do some RT to it as well to shrink it even more and help the immunotherapy work better at the same time before removing it. Olga has already discussed the resistance issues which is ve...
- Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:21 am
- Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
- Topic: Katie from Minnesota
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5207
Re: Katie from Minnesota
Seems you’ve had great response so far but I would agree to maybe plan to remove the primary tumor? Maybe they can do some RT to it as well to shrink it even more and help the immunotherapy work better at the same time before removing it. Olga has already discussed the resistance issues which is ve...
- Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:13 am
- Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
- Topic: Katie from Minnesota
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5207
Re: Katie from Minnesota
Hi Olga, Thanks so much for your quick response! When I was diagnosed, I had a CT w/contrast of my chest, a CT w/contrast of my abdomen (because of swollen lymph nodes in my pelvis), and a MRI of my thigh, a brain MRI. I have repeated the chest CT and thigh MRI every 3 months. I will be due for the ...
- Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:05 pm
- Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
- Topic: Katie from Minnesota
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5207
Katie from Minnesota
Hi everyone! I have spoken to some of you on the Facebook group, but have just followed along so far on this website. I’d like to post my story here as well. I am a 32 year old woman: wife, teacher, and mother to two young boys. In August 2020, at 31 years old, I was diagnosed. Primary tumor was 18c...