Wednesday, July 4, 2012
DECISIONS
OK all you prayer warriors, we need your help. We will be seeing our local Oncologist on Friday, and we will need to make a decision. We will have three choices concerning Judy's treatment. What we desparatly want is for our choice to be in perfectly in harmony with what God wants.
By Friday, we should know whether Medicare will pay for the new drug (Everoline). If they will, then our choices will be:
1) Take the new drug along with the monthly shot that Judy has been taking all along.
2) Sign up for a Clinical Study using the same drug, but with only a 50/50 chance that we will get the drug versus a placebo.
3) Do nothing now, which our local Doc believes would be the proper thing to do, since the progression of the tumors is only up by 20%. Also, we could possibly just increase the current dosage of the Sandostaten shot.
A large consideration in choosing the first or second option is, for the patients currently taking the Everoline, either full time or in the study, only 5% have reported positive results, There are also side effects that Judy doesn't have to deal with now. So, if we go with 1 or 2, and the side effects begin to drag Judy down, then we will cease the drug. Judy is not nearly ready to be slowed down or hampered.
Please pray that will know the mind of God and make the decision to follow His path, wherever it may lead. Thank you.
Judy and Ronnie
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Of course, we are family in the Lord, and I have known you all our lives, but throughout all of this "challenge," y'all have become as part of my immediate family.
ReplyDeleteMy love and prayers continue to be with you.
Wanda Elrod Crowder
It's great to be part of your family. Thank you so much for your prayers.
ReplyDeleteOur prayers are with you as you make critical decisions. We loved our time with you last week. Hope we can do it again soon.
ReplyDeleteLove you, Marilyn and Bob