Ken and I went to Roswell for an appointment with one of the doctors who is over their clinical trials. She (Dr. Dy) was great. I dealt with her a little bit the last time we went this route, and she was the one doctor I really liked.
She told us about a clinical trial at Roswell that has one slot remaining. It starts next week. I don't remember the name of the drug. It has a long name with numbers after it. The paperwork is in my purse somewhere. The idea of this drug is to get into the tumors and cause them to implode or self-destruct. It would be administered by infusion at the hospital. The infusion would only take an hour, but I would have to stay a total of 12 hours so that they can monitor my blood pressure. Apparently, when they tested this drug on DOGS, their blood pressure dropped. Yes, I said dogs. No worries. They've done plenty of testing on humans, too. I am not the first. In fact, to date, they haven't seen any blood pressure problems in people. But, protocol requires that they monitor us humans closely just in case one of us has a bit of canine somewhere in their family tree. Kidding.
So, I would go to the hospital one day a week for three weeks, then have the fourth week off. There are no other major side effects with this drug, so I should be able to keep working and doing normal stuff. Yay!! And I can keep my hair!!! (A small tender mercy, but so appreciated!) They'll do a CT scan every 8 weeks to see how I'm doing. If there is shrinkage, no progression, or very little progression, I can stay on it. So, here's hoping I have NO allergic reactions, and here's hoping that in 8 weeks I'm in good a shape as I am now, or better!
We love you Chris! You have handled this amazingly well so far, we will continue to pray!!
ReplyDeletexoxox Keep us updated :D
ReplyDeletePraying that this drug will do exactly what is should and that your body will tolerate it well.
ReplyDeleteLove you Chris. gail