Frank Sinatra once sang the lyrics, "You gotta have HOPE, all you really need is HOPE." Well, we got some HOPE with the myeloma specialist. He ran a battery of tests and in a week Terry will have her first PET scan. I was thinking I could just wave our cat Lacey over her and that would suffice. That wouldn't get any information and we would tick off the cat.
After she has the PET scan Terry will go back on 3 meds, Velcade, dexamethasone and Cytoxan. She will be on that regimen for 3 weeks and then Revlimid will be added at a higher dose than she has taken in the past. The physician said that Terry will then be on this group of 4 medications for 2-3 more cycles before another bone marrow biopsy is done. Each cycle is 3 weeks in length. He gave us a lot of HOPE as he has had good successes with others like Terry who have relapsed after a transplant and then became refractory to whatever they were taking. He doesn't think she needs any trial protocol or investigational drugs at this point. So HOPE is where we are. I know that with our prayers and yours this course of medical treatment will fill the bill.
God bless you all and stay safe.
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