June 9th at Aaron's youngest sister's wedding. It seems like things keep changing faster than I can keep up. Aaron started a new chemo, Gemzar, in April, but after two months of it, scans showed there was definite cancer progression in his lungs. He then completed the four week washout period (a specified amount of time you have to be off all cancer treatment drugs in order to qualify for certain drug trials) and then decided that instead of a drug trial consisting of two immunotherapy drugs combined, he would stick with the one immunotherapy drug, Keytruda ( Pembrolizumab ) that is as simple as going to the dr. office and running it through his port. The drug trial required a total of three needle biopsies over the course of his treatment. His biopsy,about two years ago, was painful and went from an outpatient procedure to a week-long stay at Huntsman Cancer Center. Drug trials also require a lot more dr. visits and tests, and in the case of the Huntsman drug trial a lot m...
Aaron Thatcher, the guy we all look up to was diagnosed with Stage IV Adenocarcinoma Lung Cancer. We believe in miracles! Add your faith and prayers to ours as we cheer on the Thatcher family. If you would like to share a story of Aaron to share on the blog, please send it to storiesforaaron@gmail.com.