Hi Rhonda,
Thank you for asking. Linda's energy is starting to pick-up dramatically, no more naps and is starting to leave the house with me. This has been very traumatic for her. The trial was often an all day affair, which neither of us were expecting, and the side effects of the steriods, esp. the moon face, despite my warnings, really threw her. Fortunately she is now down to 1/2 tab 2 x day or 4 mg / day, and will be off them by the weekend. She is not symptomatic anymore so we are looking at that as a good thing. Her next appointment is next week where I assume she will be put on Iressa on top of her heceptin and xeloda. HER1 inhibitors have been shown to resensitize resistant her2 and ER cells and will also cross the blood brain barrier (but you know that from previous discussions). The other good news is that Linda hasn't shown any sympyoms of neurological decline often associated with WBR. Maybe that's a spin-off of the ALLOS drug??
Other than that, we are making plans for the future, bought a new washer / dryer combo today because the old washer died, still talking about getting to Europe this summer. We are also still planing a trip to Seattle soon for an out-of-country assessment.
Take care,
Al
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Primary care-giver to and advocate for Linda, who passed away April 27, 2006.
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