February 15

We signed all of the paper work, got our questions answered, and confirmed that Monday, Feb 20th will be the start date of the clinical trial.   Fortunately, my two lung metastasis are too small to biopsy, plus they haven’t grown any since December, so one of the more painful aspects (lung biopsy) of this trial won’t happen.    The inital 2 cycles may go as long as 14 days each, with 3 days in between.   We’ll be staying at a hotel nearby MD Anderson and, assuming I’m not feeling to bad, should have to opportunity to visit with our Houston friends.   My brother in-law, Tom, has generously to keep Abby for us which will, undoubtedly, keep their household in more of an uproar.  After these 2 cycles (about a month), we will be returning to MDA weekly for EKG, blood tests and more drug infusions for, probably, at least 6-12 months.   This will, of course, depend on the success of the two drugs (NKTR-214, Obdivo) and my ability to tolerate them.