Bloodwork was completed earlier this morning, and it appears that my creatinine levels went up AGAIN.
It is now becoming more and more clear that my ureters, bladder and kidney draining is NOT the source of my continued creatinine increases. So in some small sense, that's a good thing.
The bad news is, the increase in creatinine is likely being caused from the immunotherapy sessions. Immunotherapy continues working in your body for months after a session. The only way to stop the immunotherapy from continuing to work is to administer high doses of steroids.
The administration of steroids brings on it's own set of challenges, especially in terms of water weight gain, and significantly elevated blood glucose levels. However, these are temporary until the end of the steriod treatment.
I do not know what the next option will be from the oncologists, but it is likely to stop the immunotherapy. At that point they may look at maintenance chemotherapy, which is lower dose chemo, spread out over a longer period of time, to help keep the cancer from returning.
Will keep you posted.
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