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Old 02-13-2010, 11:17 AM   #23
'lizbeth
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Re: Walter Reed Vaccine trial

Nancy,

I'm really lucky to get into a vaccine trial. My doctor is delighted and supportive.

I hope the medical industry will start to embrace treatments that work with the immune system and give a better quality of life. I believe the vaccine is making a difference for me.

I don't think of myself as brave, just highly motivated. If I sit back and wait for the cancer to metatisize then I will not be able to get my pilot medical certificate back for 5 years. And I am too young to be ill, I want to be healthy!

Plus I told my nephew that cancer treatment would be better for his generation. I intend to do my part to see that it is. I am determined that women in the future have better choices for treatment than we did. Stubborn, maybe, not brave, lol.

This is exciting to me. I hope the results of this study help to change the industry attitude toward vaccines as a treatment. In this study we might find 2 ways to reduce reccurence and mortality, vaccine and GM-CSF.

Peoples mentioned a new study combining GP2 with Herceptin. He says the Phase I of my study showed that it affected 3 pathways.

The more treatments the merrier!
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