Thursday, September 14, 2006

Hurry Up!

All of a sudden, the schedule on the clinical trial has moved up. We found out yesterday that they have almost recruited enough patients for this phase and may close it at any time. Adrienne and two other patients at City of Hope are rushing to finish the tests and get insurance approval. If they don't get it all finished in time, she will have one to two months until they start recruiting again.

So, Adrienne has an echo today, her bone marrow biopsy and aspiration on Friday, and a CT scan next week. The insurance won't review the clinical trial request until Adrienne has signed the consent, which will happen on Friday before her procedure. We are asking for an "expedited review" to get this all done quickly. The drug is paid for by the National Cancer Institute but our insurance pays for all of the extra testing and doctor's visits. We are hoping Adrienne can start treatment by the end of next week.

Adrienne has been very tired lately. Her thyroid tests last week were mostly normal so it must be the changes in the cardiac medication. That plus the fact that she doesn't get enough sleep and burns the candle at both ends. She's looking at all the activities she has on her plate and is trying to minimize a few, including the yoga, which she's going to drop.

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