Bye for now

Well, we are leaving tomorrow early.

Thank you all for your help and offers of help. If I didn't take you up on something, don't worry, if this works for Jim, we'll be headed down to MD every 3 weeks, you'll have plenty of opportunity for me to wear you out.

UCN-01 Treat Relapsed Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma

That's the number of the drug that Jim will be getting as part of this trial. It's not named yet. I give you the name in case you are one of those that want to look it up. (Joe)

It's geared SPECIFICALLY for Jim's type of cancer. That's really something because it is very rare. And because most people who get Jim's type of cancer are cured of it by Chemo, they rarely can find people for this trial. This is a Phase 2 trial, which is what we would have wanted. In the Phase 1 trial, one man who received this drug was still alive 5 years later, one article that I found reported. So...this is why we go. This isn't for just another strong chemo. It's for a new drug that will hopefully show Jim's cancer cells how to hit the "off" swith so that there is programmed cell death.

We have no idea how long we will be gone.

Thank you all for your everything. We are very blessed by your love and friendship.

PS

JIM WANTS YOU ALL TO GO HUNTING AT THE COTTAGE AS USUAL.