We did make it to Madison last weekend and it was good to get away and go someplace other than the doctor's or a hospital. We spent 2 nights at Karen and Karl's and 1 at Todd's. Turns out that Matt and his family were also spending the weekend in Madison with Jenny's folks so we were able to see them too.
I had my 4th chemo treatment on Tuesday and it went well without much in the way of side effects. My blood tests also were good. Dr Haider asked if I might be interested in another clinical trial. Its for a drug, Sutent (Sunitinib), that has had pretty good success treating kidney cancer. I qualify for it now because I have completed 4 chemo treatments. It is an oral drug and if I joined the trial it would mean stopping the chemo now. Its a double blind study and half of the participants would receive a placebo. The doctor said that he would remove me from the trial if there was any sign of tumor growth. The idea of just taking a pill is appealing. I have a few weeks to decide and during that time I'll be getting a bone scan, CT scan and MRI. They should indicate my current progress, if any.
This morning we did pleural drainage thing and got less than 20ml. Its been 2 weeks since the last one (1/8, 80ml/10days) so we're down to about 1 ml/day. I guess its time to quit.
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