So Shane might get to be a part of an experimental treatment. If he is able to get in and be one of the 300, then his last chemo treatment will be next week. We were told about this a few weeks ago and it sounded really good. It is a pill that he will take daily. We do not know any of the side effects. Well today we got a little more info. There will be 300 people accepted. 150 will receive the pill and 150 will receive placebo pills...we would not know what he would be taking. So that is the scary part. After 8 weeks of taking the pill, they will do scans and see how things look. If we was taking the "real" pill and there was progress, then he will continue on with that treatment and they say that it would be free for the next 3 years. For those of you who don't know how freaking expensive chemo is...that sounds pretty dang good. One day of chemo ranges from about $10-20k depending on which treatment day it is.
Anyway, so if it is working...GREAT!! If he was one to get the placebo pill and the cancer has grown..then back to the old treatment. One thing we have been told is that this kind of cancer will never go away. He will always be on some type of treatment for the rest of his life. So if this experimental one were to work for him, most likely this is the type he would continue taking.
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So i don't know you, i randomly clicked on your name while looking at a friends blog, thinking you were another mutual friend. Right now our really good friend is getting chemo for some tumors (one in neck, one in his back, and a few in the brain). Melignant Melinoma. It's now in his spinal fluid. He's been fighting it since he was 19, he's now 29, he and his wife have been married 1 1/2 years. It hit close to home. Wanted to tell you the two of you hit me as FREAKIN AMAZING people. That's all!
Shane, I will drop you an email later this week; maybe we can get together for lunch or something...hang in there brother!
James
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