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Rolepaul · 12-24-2012, 11:23 PM

Ev,
The vomiting may be due to the cancer cells being hurt. Nina and Carol in Malta both saw this. They need to bump the dose to 1.5 mg/kg, for Nina at 140 pounds this was 100 mg. If they are administering it twice per week, the 40 mg might work, but the concentration necessary for effectiveness was never fully understood until recently. The spinal fluid regeneration is much faster than for blood.
It is my hope that your Christmas be one filled with hope for Susan to recover as fully as Nina has done. I know what you are going through. Make sure Susan knows we are pulling for her. Have her doctors contact Dr. Loghin again after 1/2/2013. Keep on pushing. Never give up. Susan knows, I hate to lose.

12-24-2012, 11:23 PM	#27
Rolepaul Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Boulder Colorado as of January 2013 Posts: 391	Re: after reading post by Rolepaul on brain mets--repostr 4 those running out of opti Ev, The vomiting may be due to the cancer cells being hurt. Nina and Carol in Malta both saw this. They need to bump the dose to 1.5 mg/kg, for Nina at 140 pounds this was 100 mg. If they are administering it twice per week, the 40 mg might work, but the concentration necessary for effectiveness was never fully understood until recently. The spinal fluid regeneration is much faster than for blood. It is my hope that your Christmas be one filled with hope for Susan to recover as fully as Nina has done. I know what you are going through. Make sure Susan knows we are pulling for her. Have her doctors contact Dr. Loghin again after 1/2/2013. Keep on pushing. Never give up. Susan knows, I hate to lose.