Hello everyone-Maureen is doin pretty well this week. She had chemo on monday and she was started on a new drug, XGIVA, yesterday. This is the same drug as Prolia, an osteoporosis drug, in a higher dose, which has been shown to retard the growth of bone metastases in Breast Cancer. The greedy pharmaceutical company charges $1850, WHOLESALE, per shot and the treatment is monthly---ridiculous drug costs are probably the worst part of medicine today.
We also had a consult with Dr Pollack, the Radiation Oncologist, and he went over all of her recent pictures in detail with us. There is some cancer in 2 vertebrae-T-8 and T-11, but it is small and he does not feel he needs to radiate them yet.
She is also going for another consult to WVU to see Dr Abraham soon.
She is using mostly a cane around the house instead of the walker, and yesterday was able to get up off the sofa on her own propulsion, which is definitely an improvement.
Will do another update soon.
Love Bob
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
From Bob S.
Hello everyone. Marti had about a 5 hour scan last friday, a "sodium floride combined CAT and PET scan. We are still waiting for the results because we had to get the results of her other PET scan in 2009 for them to compare it to. Marti also hit her head and got 5 stitches, done by general surgeon Dr Tadros, who is a really nice guy. She is doing fine , just tires easily as usual. She is now getting chemo 3 weeks on/1 week off and seems fairly stable.
Sara was here for the weekend and got to stay another day because the electricity in her DC office was off so she could not go to work there. She and Marti both went and got pedicures on sat.
Our awesome godson, Elliot Freed is graduating from Medical School Sat morning-we are incredibly proud of him--and also of his parents who did such a terrific job raising him! I am driving down to Blacksburg VA today---Marti can't do that long of a trip at this time, and is very dissapointed to miss it. Kathleen arrived last nite and will stay while I am gone. Barbara was here last week and was a huge help, especially since she had chem on monday as well as the all day stuff on friday noted above.
Best regards to all our relatives and friends
Bob Shalowitz
All in all, Marti is stable and in good spirits.
Sara was here for the weekend and got to stay another day because the electricity in her DC office was off so she could not go to work there. She and Marti both went and got pedicures on sat.
Our awesome godson, Elliot Freed is graduating from Medical School Sat morning-we are incredibly proud of him--and also of his parents who did such a terrific job raising him! I am driving down to Blacksburg VA today---Marti can't do that long of a trip at this time, and is very dissapointed to miss it. Kathleen arrived last nite and will stay while I am gone. Barbara was here last week and was a huge help, especially since she had chem on monday as well as the all day stuff on friday noted above.
Best regards to all our relatives and friends
Bob Shalowitz
All in all, Marti is stable and in good spirits.
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