As I mentioned early on in this blog, the IL-2 (aisle-two) treatment has been very successful for many patients and my expectation is that it will be again for me. But while I am sitting here at my work place, and hoping for a few moments of solitude, someone on the other side of the wall is using a drill that sounds like a huge dentist drill for elephants. Well, anyway, a little inconvenient, but I'll survive. And, that's how I feel about the renal cancer. OK, more than a little inconvenient, more like an ordeal, but one I believe I will get through successfully.
I listed under pages a good description of IL-2 published by NIH and it explains clearly what it is, what it does, and side-effects a patient is likely to have. As I have gone down this path this year I think many have wondered what it is I am doing. Chemo? Radiation? all the normal choices that generally swim through the consciousness of what cancer treatment is. In many ways I am lucky to have had renal cancer...although saying that seven years ago when it tried to kill me, and was within its grasp, it didn't and I have lived with the idea of cancer for those seven years. But, renal cancer has many good treatments, of which IL-2, for those fit enough and crazy enough to subject oneself to it's own unpleasant journey, has the effect of managing the illness effectively. And, as I have told my Docs on many occasions I know at some point something will kill me, like those tractor trailers that sometimes try to jump into my back seat on the way to work...but otherwise, I do not want to die of this, and my focus is to defeat this cancer and live with the aftermath of it's unseemly bond with my life.
Did I say inconvenient?
Well, just a few thoughts as my countdown to August 26th ticks along. Hope all are well, tim
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