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Monday, September 19, 2011

Update

Dear Family and Friends: We saw our oncologist here this morning. He has not had time to consult with Huntsman but did have a copy of the PET report. Huntsman recommended that he do more chemo and add Evaston (he has not been getting it because it inhibits cell growth and he had the fistula that needed to heal.) They also recommended liver directed therapy, which he didn't know for sure, either, what that entailed. It could be electric probes or isotopes etc. He will find out exactly what they were recommending. We would go back to SLC for that. He would like to try the first type of chemo that Chuck was on because it seemed to work better but it does cause neuropathy so it may be too hard on his feet. Chuck has to decide if he is willing to try it. I also gave the Dr. some papers that Miss U (Chuck's sister) sent to us about some experimental drugs that have promising results for his type of cancer (mutant KRAS) and the Dr said he was just at a conference where they were discussing a new drug that worked really well on this type if the mutation was in the right spot?? Anyway, Huntsman has had all the work done on the tumor so he should be able to find out if it is the right (or wrong) one. He will call us back with what he has found out about the liver directed therapy and the other info on Thurs. We are doing fine and just have to continue on in faith and hope. We appreciate all your thoughts and prayers and thank our Father daily for you. Love to you all. Jolene

1 comments:

Jami said...

Your Daddy is always in my thoughts and prayers! I love all the updates and hope he keeps on keeping on!