Wow, a full day! Nancy had her echocardiogram this morning and results were very good. We spent this afternoon at our Doctor's......and we have a plan. The lumber puncture will be done here Thursday morning in the Valley, under sedation. Results will be to the Docs Friday end of the day. We have ordered the new meds for Nancy to start next Monday. They are Herceptin, the HER2+ drug of choice, and Lapitinib. Herceptin is once per week and Lapitinib is a daily pill. Herceptin attacks the cancer. The brain has many natural protective barriers so the Lapitinib actually allows the Herceptin to go around those barriers and work in the brain. All this will be co-approved by Matt at Evergreen in Seattle.
We reviewed the MRI's. Nancy has cancer spots on both layers of her skull, in the brain, and the biggest spot by her eye. Also C1 and C2 have cancer. Radiation on her brain if off the table for now except possibly the eye. This will be watched closely. Also, possible cancer chemo treatments directly into the brain is also off the table for now.
There is no question that Nancy has a real challenge here. The cancer has been in her breast, lymph nodes, bones, liver, skin and now her brain. However this new drug is FDA approved and Steve knows of cases where this has been very effective. So we are hoping for the best......thanks for all the support, BC
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