Well, yesterday was the seventh immunotherapy treatment and as before, I have no treatment related issues or side effects to report. However, I had a bit of a weird experience when they were prepping me for the infusion. The first vein they stuck the needle into didn’t bleed. Apparently that can happen, but it was strange to see the needle come out without even a drop of blood on the puncture wound. It is currently just a little pink bump, kind of like a mosquito bite that doesn’t itch.

This visit, the wait time in the lobby was a bit longer than normal and I overheard a lady and her daughter sitting near me discussing the immunotherapy treatment, what it might be like, and wondering aloud “does it always take this long to get in?” I decided to get their attention and talk to them for a few minutes since we were all waiting, and I let them know that the wait time was normally not this bad. The lady had recently had a biopsy of her melanoma on her leg, almost in the same spot as me, and she and her daughter were there for the first time to talk to the doctors about the immunotherapy treatment option.

I shared what I could with them about the treatments I’d had so far, the lack of side effects up to this point, and I let her know the doctor she/we were seeing was a very pleasant person and easy to talk to. I think I was able to calm their nerves a little bit, at least I hope so. 🙂

Dermatologist Visit

This morning before I went to work I had a follow-up visit with the dermatologist and I was given a good report. The doctor told me there are no new spots to be concerned about and my scar from surgery is healing up nicely. I’ll be going back for another visit in about three months.