Saturday, April 10, 2010

jet lag and bad news

I had a wonderful time in Macau. The eleven days I spent there flew but my parents and friends managed to get my batteries completely recharged. A good thing since I needed to be in a good mood to hear the news Dr. Keohan had to give me yesterday:

I have to get you off the trial, the tumors grew ...

The fact that I was experiencing a serious case of jet lag, when my NY oncologist was delivering the bad news, helped. There is a 12 hour difference between Macau and NY, so I was half asleep and all I could say was:

It is OK, we will try another trial.

Next week I am going to see my doctors in Boston, including my surgeon. Meanwhile the New York team will discuss my case on their weekly Wednesday meeting and see if they have any drug for me.

So, that's it for R7112.

7 comments:

Joaquim Vieira said...

A luta continua

tapioca said...

já passaste por isto antes e não é agora que vais esmorecer!
P'ra frente é que é o caminho e haverá outros tratamentos a fazer.
FORÇA! Nós aqui estamos a torcer (nem imaginas quanto)
Muitos beijinhos

CLARA'S BLOG said...

Forca Elsa e muitos beijinhos, Clara

Rajiv said...

Hi Elsa

I am in Australia visiting family -sorry to hear about that.

I got kicked off the trial a while ago because they were too worried about the white blood counts and allergic reactions.

Fingers crossed that there is another drug available.

Rajiv

Jessie said...

Elsie, não te vás abaixo minha querida. Breve breve há-de aparecer outra coisa! You can do it! Bj grande

Kathy said...

Elsa, I'm so sorry. I had such hopes that this would be the ONE!!
Sending HUGS!! HUGE HUGS! I know you'll be back on track and your Dr. will find you THE TRIAL...
Love you!
Kathy

Kathy said...

Elsa, I'm so sorry. I had such hopes that this would be the ONE!!
Sending HUGS!! HUGE HUGS! I know you'll be back on track and your Dr. will find you THE TRIAL...
Love you!
Kathy