Another good day

Appointment at 9:30 this am. Dave's hemoglobin is up to 10.4, platelets are up to 128,000. No more shots.....YEAH! They feel as he continues to recover from the 6 cycles of Taxol and Carboplatin these will continue to return to normal. Great News! So another dose of CP-751,871 today, but up to the full dose (the last 2 were a decreased dose because of his low platelets). They got his dose started about 11:50 and it was just 2 hours today. No pre medications, no more steroids. It is good.

The plan is CP-751,871 every 3 weeks until......whenever. CT scan January 22. MD said David is in remission. Now we hear that a lot and what does it really mean? Well, my understanding is the cancer is not growing. No increase in size or decrease in size are both good. Of course, Dave's have decreased a lot. We'll see what the next CT scan results show. We did talk about how long Dave would get CP-751,871 and the answer is... unknown. Similar drugs for breast cancer can keep patients in remission for years and they keep getting it since side effects can be small. That could be the case for CP-751,871 too. The original paperwork stated Dave could get a maximum of 17 doses, today was number 8. Now the study is closed. I think that means anyone that was going to start and was put on hold will not get the study drug, they are done. Patients who received the drug can continue if their MD feels it is still a good treatment for them. There are several other studies with CP-751,871 that continue and our MD feels it will come to the market for cancer eventually. So Dave continues. He is not as tired. Taste is starting to come back. Things just feel a little lighter. I'm planning on a nice spring.

Want to say again, we appreciate everyone's support (prayers, vibes, love, food, friendship, etc). Love to you all!