My children are INSANE!!!!!

Insanity workout with Fred-o while Rosie did the elliptical!!!  They are two tough cookies!!!  Such a great long weekend with them...bout to head out to Wally World for needed supplies and then back to Hot'lanta and K'ville respectively. Gonna miss'em SOOOOOOOOOOO much.  Love you both!!!!!!  Take care of my insane babies!!!! - mommy

Good luck, Steven!!!!

Please join me in wishing the very best for a friend I met in melanoma world who is being inducted into his first IL2 treatment today!!!!  Hope it goes as easily as possible with great success!

I've been having a good time...first with a visit with Rosie in Atlanta after work on Wednesday, and then we all managed to converge here at home on Thursday morning.  It's been great to have time together ever since!!  Good food.  Good laughs.  Great insane work-out with both kids yesterday!

Hoping all of you have been able to enjoy time with your loved ones as well! - c

Christmas....done!

....except for the family fun! With Brent's help we've done all the shopping and the wrapping. What with Thanksgiving this week, scans next week, Tampa the next, picking up the Roo the next....well...the schedule got a bit tight! Anyhow, it's done now and I can just chill and enjoy the ride. Did insanity and the elliptical and enjoyed friends along with fun with Brent and a little yard work this weekend. Just had a nice dinner of pork chops, baked sweet potatoes, and green beans with a delicious Cabernet Franc from Spann Vineyards in Sonoma with my baby. Soooo yummy! Thanks, Bent. For everything. - c

Factors that influence survival at time of stage IV diagnosis per Atkins

Still missing the talk that went with the slides!  But, basically...is it a different kind of melanoma in that subset of patients around the facillity....or do we all just need to make a run for M D Anderson?????

www.oncologycongress.com/rna/rna_OncologyCongress_v2/documents/2011/session_presentations/Prognostic_Heterogeneity_in_Patients_with_Stage_IV_Disease-Atkins.pdf

Slide presentation of treatments for stage IV melanoma by Sosman

This is the take from the guy at Vandy:

www.oncologycongress.com/RNA/RNA_oncologycongress_v2/documents/2011/session_presentations/Treatment_of_Stage%20IV_disease-Sosman.pdf

Be yourself.....

....because somebody has to....and you're the closest!  Just Only John

OR....

Be who you are
And say what you feel,
Because those who mind
don't matter -
And those who matter, don't mind!  Dr. Seuss

For all those frogs out there.....it's not easy being green!   Just keep doing it...with style and a smile!  Have a great day! - c

Slide presentation of treatments for stage IV melanoma by Soznol

Brent found this today and thought it might interest you.  Covers current treatment options for Stage IV melanoma.

www.oncologycongress.com/rna/rna_oncologycongress_v2/documents/2011/session_presentations/treatment_of_stage_IV_disease-soznol.pdf