Marti has had a decent week. She has been in a good mood and trying to do a little bit more walking with a cane. She, Kathleen, and I went to the casino one night and won enough to pay for the nice dinner we had, so it was all free!
Marti had a second opinion consult at WVU on Friday with Dr. Jame Abraham, who is a nationally known breast cancer specialist. He says that he agrees with what has been done so far. He wants to get a special scan, known as a Sodium-Flouride-CT-PET scan. He also recommends switching from zometa (bisphosphonate drug for osteoporosis that may also help suppress bone metastases in breast cancer) to a new drug which is similar to Prolia, which has the advantage of not requiring an IV, and which may be slightly more effective and have less risk of side effects.
He will see her again after the above scan is done and make further recommendations-in the meantime she should continue the weekly Taxol which she tolerates fairly well.
Noreen is ariving today, which we are really looking forward to.
More soon
Thanks to all
Thanks especially to Kathleen for all her efforts and devotion to her sister.
Love
bob
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