Sixth Immunotherapy Treatment

Well, here I am again, sitting at the “tomorrow that almost never came.” I meant to post about this trip the day after it happened, but that was Valentine’s Day. I kept telling myself I’d write it up “tomorrow,” and now here I am at about two and a half week’s worth of tomorrows, finally getting around to writing this up. So, on February 13th, I went in for my sixth immunotherapy treatment, which, thankfully, was pretty uneventful. The road trip is starting to become familiar and since the weather is beginning to get warmer, I’m looking forward to being able to drive with the windows down, or at least cracked, soon. I don’t know about anyone else, but I enjoy having the wind in the car.

For the past two to three weeks since my last visit, I had been a bit under the weather, so I was glad to be back to a standard healthy state by the 13th because it’s no fun having to figure out how to safely blow your nose while driving, let alone at interstate speeds! 🙂 I was dealing with a lot of sinus drainage, which for me almost always ends up causing chest congestion and coughing that can last long after the drainage has stopped. However, as I said, on the day of the trip, everything finally seemed to clear up.

Valentine’s Day

My wife and I decided to take our daughter and her boyfriend out for Valentine’s Day at the end of that week. We went out to dinner and did some semi-competitive hatchet throwing. We had done this activity before and had a lot of fun, but this was new for the younger two. If you’ve never done this before, I recommend it because it can be a lot of fun. The local business that offers this activity teaches you how to do it and how to be safe while having fun.

You might be surprised to hear that it really doesn’t take a lot of arm strength to throw a hatchet at a target. In fact, it is actually harder to hit the target if you throw the hatchet too hard. If you think you might like to try this too, you can look up the details online or just ask one of us for more information.


This Tuesday is my next treatment day and the day after that I have a follow-up appointment with the dermatologist. I’ll be getting checked over again for any external signs of returning melanoma. I don’t expect any bad news this time around, but either way, I will let you know how things go, and I promise the next post will be more punctual! 🙂