Keytruda did not work for me.
When we saw Dr. Kaplan he had only seen the summary and talked with the scan folks briefly, so we don't know a lot of details, but the bottom line is the tumors are bigger. In both my lungs and liver the tumors have grown. I don't know yet if there are new tumors in other parts of my body.
The plan is to start treatment next Friday: taxol and cyramza.
I'll have taxol (a chemo that has been around for awhile) once a week for three weeks and then a week off.
I'll have cyramza week one and three of that cycle. They are both given by infusion through my port. For the first couple of weeks I'll have to take some steroids.
Dr. Kaplan says taxol is fairly well tolerated. I'll most likely have peripheral neuropathy. I will probably lose my hair and maybe have some rashes and mouth sores.
He says cyramza is most likely very well tolerated.
If you google cyramza it actually says gastric cancer, which most chemos and treatments never call it out specifically. It is less prevalent in the US so we hardly ever see drugs for this cancer specifically. "Luckily" (??????) it is quite prevalent in China and Japan so there is a lot of research out there.

Anyway...back to work.
I feel like it can't be as bad as xeloda...and I lived to tell that tale! So, I'm ready to shrink those tumors!
Thanks for your love and support
Janet