New Therapy

I am getting ready to start the new treatment plan. The plan includes Avastin and Xeloda, two of the drugs that I was on previously, and we are adding a new one called Temodar. Temodar is a chemo agent that is typically used with brain cancer, but my oncologist believes that there is a decent likelihood that it will work well with my cancer. The current plan is to start this treatment next Friday, the 12th.

In addition, we have decided to try out an experimental drug. This drug is not permitted by the FDA for cancer treatment here in the US, so my Dad and I are flying to Toronto next week to start the therapy. We plan on taking it in parallel with the other chemotherapies (Avastin/Xeloda/Temodar).

Please pray that I do not encounter any problematic side effects or drug interactions. We are concerned about unknown risks because there is not very much data on these drugs. This is the fifth or sixth different regiment that we are trying in the past three years. Let's hope this is successful in shrinking the tumors and putting me into remission.