Strong Enough to Survive a Big Weekend

I've just had the busiest weekend yet since my diagnosis, and I made it through! We attended a wedding in Virginia at which we saw many old, dear friends. Wisely, we decided to stay the night there rather than trying to drive home late the same night. Then on the way home we stopped off to visit some more friends. 

Getting ready to attend the wedding

All in all, it was a big, social weekend—the more so because Gita came to share it with us.

Gita came too.

I had not managed such a large social event for over a year and a half. When I tried to attend a family wedding last year, I ended up having to stay in the hotel room feeling sick while Anand and Gita went to the wedding. So the weekend was a triumph: a happy time with the bride and groom, a chance to catch up with old friends, and a demonstration of significant improvement in my health.

Then yesterday I had my next Keytruda (immunotherapy) infusion. The infusion sessions are much shorter now without the chemo drugs, and the aftermath is much less unpleasant. I'll stay on the Keytruda for two years, my oncologist says, after which it would not be expected to do me any further good. Hopefully the effects will stick and/or there will be new treatment options coming along at that point.