Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Big D

We met with Dr Patel today and he gave us the info about the trial.  He didn't know a lot but he has connections in Dallas.  He contacted the dr in Dallas that handles all his bone marrow transplant patients.  Come to find out the dr also does lots of research in melanoma.  He was immediately interested in Jeff - a man who is walking around and WORKING 8 hours a day with metastisized melanoma.  This dr also has connections because he will be taking part in the PD1 trial in Dallas.  So Dr Patel wants us to go to Dallas and meet this dr and find out more about PD1.  The one part of bad news is the trial doesn't start for another month or two.  But Jeff and I can commit to a quick trip to Dallas to meet a dr.  We can do that.  We have cousins and friends in Dallas and that immediately makes it less scary! Dr Patel also said it was important because so many people will be trying to get into the trial.  We want to be first in line.  That is if Jeff decides to.  We still don't know much info about PD1 and since it's a trial they won't have "statistics".  But........
We'll see.  If this is meant to be we will know it.  If Jeff doesn't want to do this then he doesn't have to.  He told me this morning he's had the best two months of his life - living in the moment, working, being with his family, loving and appreciating everything.  We really are pretty calm.  We truly believe all of this is already written.  All we have to do is have faith and make the best choices we can and stay on the path.  The big things are out of our hands.

Leta

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