Chaotically Precise: Life, Love, and Melanoma

The story of living in spite of melanoma, CLND (X 2!), metastasis, vaccines, anti-PD-1, lung removal, and stereotactic radiation. (With a little adenocarcinoma ex-goblet cell carcinoid thrown in!!!) The story of life with family and friends. {Posts under ~ Sew Chaotically, Travel Chaotically, and Chaotic Cookery also housed within! A girl's gotta have fun!}

Friday, February 28, 2014

Such an honor....

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 Brent and I recently had the distinct honor and privilege to travel to Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter, in Montgomery, Alabama to attend the...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

New Anti-PD1 trials!!!!....and others....Check this site!

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Clinical Trial # = NCT01621490 Phase 1 Biomarker study in advanced melanoma BMS sponsored trial of Nivolumab at 3mg/kg every 2 weeks for 2...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Cancer survivor, runner, and bad sports! BUT......

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 ...an amazing runner and video tape will prevail.  Bottom line...in a 3,000 meter event this past Saturday, Grunewald ran an amazing race....
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

For melanoma...eat that curry...again!!! We just don't know why!

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I've posted articles here before, regaling the benefit of curcumin (Turmeric- the yellow part of mustard and curry).  Curcumin has long ...
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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Lymph node removal after superficial melanoma lesions...to do or not to do????

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My TWO primary melanoma lesions (first to my right back - 0.61mm) and later to my left forearm (0.5mm) were technically thinner than the dep...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

BRAF inhibitors for melanoma: Dabrafenib, Vemurafenib, Dabrafenib/trametinib combo. Answers!!!!!

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"You have metastatic melanoma." Those words prompt immediate panic, fear, confusion, an onslaught of new tests, new terms, genera...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Overview of treatments for Melanoma Brain Metastases

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Novel Treatments for Melanoma Brain Metastases Kenchappa, Tran, Rao, Smalley, Gibney, Sondak, and Forsyth. October 2013.  Cancer Control. ...
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Who am I? That is a question the rest of you could probably answer better than I. I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, pediatric nurse practitioner, cook, teacher, gardener, lover of words and music, occasional seamstress, and homemaker. I do have a couple of talents of questionable merit: I can create a decent meal in less than 30 minutes. I can feed and/or soothe almost any baby. And I can remember practically any song I've ever heard. For the rest, I'd rather those who know me decide.
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