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Watch Out for Those Waves!

July 26, 2019

Bryant Wieneke

There were waves of tests last week - comprehensive blood work, full-body PET scan, brain MRI - prior to my meeting with my oncologist for my four-month check-up.

The result: I remain in clinical remission. YAY!

I was hoping for a clean bill of health because I...

Bumps in the Cancer-Recovery Road

March 23, 2019

In October 2018, my wife, Elvira, and I drove down to UCLA to meet with my neurosurgeon and melanoma expert. Following four combination treatments of the immunotherapy drugs Yervoy and Opdivo and fifty-two biweekly treatments of Opdivo alone, it was possible that I wou...

Better Than a Nobel Prize

October 4, 2018

Bryant Wieneke

On a sunny day in May 2016, my urologist called with the results of my precautionary CT scan. Spluttering with emotion, he explained that I had spots on my kidney, liver, lungs, pancreas, and brain. They were on my colon, along my spine, and in my lymph nodes.

It was me...

Melanoma without a Cause - continued

September 4, 2018

Thank you for visiting my website. I have been blogging over the past year about progress with my melanoma treatment at http://melanomawithoutacause.blogspot.com/ . Now that I have launched my website, I will write here about my health as well as my writing. I apprecia...

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