[chrisy]

Sarah,
Well, that is a nasty little detour eh? The hold due to being on heparin is important, as TDM1 does cause significant drop in platelets for most people - they do recover but you don't want to mess around with that plus blood thinning agent. But it sounds like this will not preclude you from getting into the trial, just delay.

Re the brain scan, I am hoping for the best for you on this - remember your noggin was relatively protected by the tykerb/xeloda for a while. So lets expect that there will be nothing of note in your head. Worst case, in some TDM1 studies might not be an exclusion criteria but might delay start. One step at a time tho.

In the meantime, I agree with your approach, try not to think too much! (ha ha)
Good luck on Monday

take care
Chris