For those of you who are sending thoughts and prayers my way, I can use your help NOW. Remember what we learned in book club...Heathen prayers are twice as valuable!
Friday I head back to Mayo Clinic for a liver biopsy. If my cancer expresses PDL-1, I will be eligible for Immune Therapy trials. Immune Therapy drugs (PD-1 or PD-L1) could extend my life by months, maybe even a year. They will also test for the T790M mutation, which will qualify me for other chemo trials that are showing success in slowing cancer. If the cancer spreads to my brain I will not qualify for these trials.
This is a race against time, without treatment I likely will not see 2015. Hmmmm... who would think I'd be dying to see one more Minnesota winter :-)
What are we praying for?
*PD-L1 Markers in my cancer
*T790M Mutation in my cancer
*Getting randomized to the immune therapy drug Yervoy
Thanks to friends Amanda and Mary for helping me locate a cannabis oil that is low in THC and non-sedating. You don't know each other but one of you found the contact and the other encouraged me toward pursuing it. Cannabis oil is another Immune Therapy drug that can slow cancer. You should both know that I had given up on this option, but your calls and emails kick-started my efforts. I will be receiving this new product tomorrow, it gives me a ray of hope. THANKS!
Friday I head back to Mayo Clinic for a liver biopsy. If my cancer expresses PDL-1, I will be eligible for Immune Therapy trials. Immune Therapy drugs (PD-1 or PD-L1) could extend my life by months, maybe even a year. They will also test for the T790M mutation, which will qualify me for other chemo trials that are showing success in slowing cancer. If the cancer spreads to my brain I will not qualify for these trials.
This is a race against time, without treatment I likely will not see 2015. Hmmmm... who would think I'd be dying to see one more Minnesota winter :-)
What are we praying for?
*PD-L1 Markers in my cancer
*T790M Mutation in my cancer
*Getting randomized to the immune therapy drug Yervoy
Thanks to friends Amanda and Mary for helping me locate a cannabis oil that is low in THC and non-sedating. You don't know each other but one of you found the contact and the other encouraged me toward pursuing it. Cannabis oil is another Immune Therapy drug that can slow cancer. You should both know that I had given up on this option, but your calls and emails kick-started my efforts. I will be receiving this new product tomorrow, it gives me a ray of hope. THANKS!