I made the trip to Seattle yesterday and talked with Dr. Nghiem. He was impressed with the way the tumor under my arm had shrunk, but really couldn't tell anything about the one in my pancreas. He's talking with my oncologist at Kaiser to help decide what to do from here. It's too early to do another scan.
He talked about a drug called yervoy. It enhances the immune system instead of killing everything in it's path (good or bad) like Chemo or radiation. There are apparently side effects that could be worse than the cure.
He also said there's a couple other immune enhancers that seem to be real good and do not have the side effects. Problem is they haven't been approved by the FDA. He's hoping I can hang on with radiation until they do become available.
As far as I feel - crummy pretty well says it. I threw up three times yesterday (Partically because of the long trip I'm sure), but I've also had that problem today. I did manage to get to the store to take part in an interview of the person that will be taking my place in the repair department. He seemed like a good choice for us at this point, and I'm exited for Jodi on that. He will come on board the first of May after he's finished repair tech school. He doesn't bring a lot of experience, but does bring the desire to work with Linda whenever need be.
Got off a bit there. I didn't feel a lot of pain today - just nausea, so I skipped my pain medicine and I think that got me way off track. Got my buddies coming to play cards tonight, and I think I might have to bail. I hate to do that.
I won't post again as long as there's no change.
Thanks again and again for your thoughts and prayers.
Jim
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