Current update...
I'm going to do a fitness type test to see my heart response today and next week I have a lung function test to ensure I'm able to go forward with Interleukin 2 treatment. And it takes approx. 5 days for insurance to approve IL2 apparently.
The staff at Providence in Portland are really great, and the facility is as nice as I might hope. Dr Lufkin is going to be working with me as Dr Curti is really more focused on research these days (although he will be involved on the periphery I gather). Once we're started Ki will be able to stay in the room and there is also a sleeping area he can sign up for which really will help for the treatments.
I am a little bummed as there is a test study they're trying to get approved (I gather they've done it once before) where they combine an initial single radiation treatment on a lung nodule which calls the body's immune system to that kind of spot, and then the IL2 makes your body more focused on attacking that particular kind of cell. The drag is that they hope to start another group, but the earliest is likely to be in late June, and we don't think it's super smart to wait.
But that doesn't change anything from my initial thoughts so we're looking ahead to getting insurance approval and jumping right in.
thanks for the support,
Doss
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