Hi everyone...thanks as always for your continued support. This week has been wonderful! Not only have we had Marcus and Heather here quite a bit, but Jordan flew in for his reading break. Life is good...
Our latest news is that Dallas will be entering the clinical trial of a new drug. We're feeling really positive about this. We met the Oncologist, Dr. Stephen Chia, last week and we liked him a lot. He specializes in HER-2 Cancers - this is the cell that has been a major player in Dallas's cancer. We are cautiously optimistic about the new drug (right now it is only known as ARRAY-380). So far, the side effects seem to be less than the alternative drug, herceptin, which can be hard on the heart. ARRAY -380 is a blocker to the receptor in the HER -2 cell so the hope is that the cancer won't progress any further. This clinical trial is also being run at a Cancer Clinic in Houston, Texas and one in Ontario so Dallas says if it works maybe we should all buy shares in the company!
As far as we know now, we'll move to Vancouver for a month in mid-March. The schedule that we'll have there is quite rigorous - sometimes we'll be at the Cancer Clinic for 12 hours a day or more. I've been researching places to rent, on a monthly basis, that are closeby. Dallas and I would like to be able to walk back and forth to the clinic everyday if we can. And of course we hope to have extra room for visitors so keep us in mind if you're travelling to the coast!
More later...
Love, Patty & Dallas
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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Hey guys, sounds like good news let's hope it works and I invest in the company and make loads of dough so I don't have to work 7 days a week in frozen Oilberta.
Jude was just here for a week so that was nice, she is back in the desert now.
Where is the cancer clinic on the lower mainland?
Good luck, thinking about you both all of the time.
Dallas and Patty, that sounds more like it. You always were a little more on the leading edge there Dallas. Really good to hear that you have been accepted. They picked the right guy! We are going to Van Isl to see Graeme, J and H early March. We'll give you a call and see what your schedule is like. Lots of good vibes emanating from the Valley for you!
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