Mike Judge vs Ewing's Sarcoma

I have finished cycle one of my current treatment. This regimen consists of two drugs, Doxil and Temsirolimus. Doxil is an enhanced version of Doxorubicin which I was on with my first line therapy. That was the "Red Devil" drug. Temsirolimus is a new drug for me and has been shown to sensitize treatment resistant cancer cells to chemotherapy. This drug combo was recommended by my oncologist at the Cleveland Clinic, and has demonstrated success in a phase II clinical trial for sarcomas. His belief is that the cancer that has been recurring for me have been cancer stem cells which have chemotherapy resistant properties. Infusions are every Friday with Temsirolimus administered weekly, and Doxil given monthly. For this treatment I did not have a choice but to get a port because these drugs would cause much more damage to my body if I blew a vein in my arm than the last therapy. Yes, it really sucked having to go and get a port again. I got that thing removed less than a mon...

A little over a month ago I had stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to a nodule on my left lung. Here is how that process went. In late April I had an appointment for a radiation consult at Penn. I met the radiation oncologist, learned about the procedure and signed the necessary paperwork to go forward with the radiation therapy. The doctor explained to me that I was an ideal candidate for SBRT because they could minimize the radiation to vital organs. Deciding to go with radiation over surgery was a no brainer this time. The nodule was in a bad spot and would require losing a lobe of my lung rather than wedges like the last two surgeries. After getting the necessary insurance authorizations which took a week, I had a simulation appointment. For this test, I had a CT scan of my chest for 45 minutes, and was instructed to breath regularly. This test is needed to measure how much the nodule moves when I breath so the physicists and radiation oncologists can better prepare...