THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
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rodwelch@pacbell.net
S U M M A R Y
DIARY: December 5, 2008 09:43 PM Friday;
Rod Welch
Millie notified UCSF background for Neupogen treatment at Kaiser today.
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0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 7 0000. ref SDS 6 0000.
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0408 - Progress
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040901 - Millie notified the medical team about general results of labs at
040902 - Kaiser on 081203, indicating low blood counts. ref SDS 5 YF5I
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040905 - Millie had Neupogen treatment at Kaiser at 1300 today. ref SDS 6 CH6X
040907 - ..
040908 - This afternoon, Millie received a letter from UCSF explaining that
040909 - Neupogen treatment is needed with low neutrophils. ref SDS 7 JE5I
040911 - ..
040912 - Millie sent a letter to Doctor Rugo explaining...
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040914 - 1. Subject: Neupogen Treatment Tomorrow NEUTS 0.624 on Labs at Kaiser 081203
040915 - Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:50:27 -0800
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040926 - 2. Thanks for guidance on Neupogen in your letter today,
040927 - ref SDS 7 JE5I, responding to the letter to the team on 081202,
040928 - ref SDS 2 AT8U, with follow up earlier today. ref SDS 5 YF5I
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040931 - 3. Doctor Johnson ordered labs on 081202 [responding to notice of
040932 - chronic fatigue on 081202, and asking about Neupogen.
040933 - ref SDS 2 AT8U] Work was performed at Kaiser on 081203.
040934 - ref SDS 3 TG8M Results were posted on Kaiser's computer the
040935 - next day, 081204. Kaiser's labs do not present a calculation
040936 - for ANC (NEUTS at UCSF). As noted, I notified the medical team
040937 - of partial results in a letter this morning, stating NEUTS were
040938 - not available. ref SDS 5 YF5I
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040941 - 4. On 081126 Tara gave advice that Neupogen was not needed for
040942 - NEUTS 1.50 in the test on 081126 at UCSF, and would be
040943 - evaluated after the next lab at UCSF on 081218, implementing
040944 - your instructions today. [reported in Millie's letter to the
040945 - medical team on 081202. ref SDS 2 AT8U
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040948 - 5. I went to Kaiser this afternoon, as scheduled. The nurse
040949 - calculated NEUTS 0.624 (ANC 624 at Kaiser). The nurse
040950 - indicated this is low. ref SDS 6 CH40 Review of patient
040951 - history on 081126 shows NEUTS 0.624 is lower than at any prior
040952 - time. ref SDS 1 V19M
040954 - ..
040955 - 6. I don't know all of the elements for calculating NEUTS (ANC) at
040956 - Kaiser. The blood test on 081203 further shows Neutrophils 26%
040957 - listed as below Kaiser's range of 41 - 81. ref SDS 4 QY6H
040959 - ..
040960 - 7. I will submit the full lab report later today, or early
040961 - tomorrow. ref SDS 4 M85G
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040963 - [On 081206 Millie submitted complete lab to UCSF.
040964 - ref SDS 8 2K4U
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040967 - 8. Bonnie called for Doctor Johnson, my primary care physician.
040968 - ref SDS 6 CH51
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040971 - 9. The doctor was not available until 081208. Typically, a backup
040972 - doctor can be consulted, but evidently no one was available. I
040973 - realize now I should have done more to contact you. I have
040974 - been very tired lately, not really thinking straight. Things
040975 - were hectic in the Infusion Clinic. Driving home from Kaiser,
040976 - I suddenly found myself in the wrong lane, but averted an
040977 - accident [and did not crash into oncoming traffic].
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040980 - 10. Bonnie indicated NEUTS 0.624 might require treatment not only
040981 - today and tomorrow, as already scheduled, but also a third
040982 - treatment, ref SDS 6 X35F, which would require supplemental
040983 - authorization from UCSF. Bonnie further gave instructions on
040984 - increased attention to avoid elevated risk of infection at this
040985 - time of low blood counts.
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040988 - 11. Bonnie suggested asking UCSF about doing an interim blood test
040989 - next week to evaluate NEUTS, in advance of my next test at UCSF
040990 - scheduled 081218? ref SDS 6 YQ6L
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040992 - [On 081206 Millie submitted Kaiser's report for the blood
040993 - test on 081203, and asked UCSF again about doing a 3rd
040994 - Neupogen treatment with another lab test to verify recovery
040995 - from low blood counts. ref SDS 8 2K6P
040997 - ..
040998 - [On 081209 Millie sent a follow up letter to medical team
040999 - asking about blood test to evaluate ANC. ref SDS 9 RL6Q
041001 - ..
041002 - [On 081210 Arlette ordered follow up blood test.
041003 - ref SDS 10 616R
041005 - ..
041006 - [On 081210 Millie went to Kaiser and got laboratory work
041007 - for a blood test. ref SDS 11 L84V
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041010 - [On 081210 blood test results show ANC 1085, below the
041011 - target of 1500; letter to Kaiser asks primary care
041012 - physician about getting 3rd Neupogent treatment on 081210,
041013 - and 2 more regularly scheduled on 081212 and 081213?
041014 - ref SDS 12 0Y4V
041016 - ..
041017 - [On 081210 primary care physician called Millie and advised
041018 - that ANC 1085 in blood test on 081210 does not require
041019 - Neupogen under Kaiser standards and practices until ANC
041020 - falls below 1000, ref SDS 13 J43V; doctor ordered follow up
041021 - blood test on 081212 to evaluate ANC below 1000 based on
041022 - patient history indicating ANC falling 120+ points per day
041023 - on sunitinib treatment protocol, which would cause ANC to
041024 - drop below 500 without Neupogen until Millie's next
041025 - scheduled lab at UCSF on 081218. ref SDS 13 H44M
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041028 - 12. Based on your letter today, by copy to Paula, the supervisor in
041029 - Kaiser's Infusion clinic, I will cancel treatment tomorrow
041030 - until approval from you.
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041033 - 13. Please let me know about getting an interim blood test next
041034 - week, as well as Neupogen treatments, discussed at Kaiser
041035 - today.
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041037 - [On 081209 Millie letter asks medical team about
041038 - recommendation today on 081205 for another blood test
041039 - during week of 081208 - 081212 to evaluate further Neupogen
041040 - treatments in advance of meeting at UCSF the following week
041041 - on 081218. ref SDS 9 RL6W
041043 - ..
041044 - [On 081210 Arlette ordered follow up blood test.
041045 - ref SDS 10 616R
041047 - ..
041048 - [On 081210 Millie went to Kaiser and got laboratory work
041049 - for a blood test. ref SDS 11 L84V
041051 - ..
041052 - [On 081210 blood test results show ANC 1085, below the
041053 - target of 1500; letter to Kaiser asks primary care
041054 - physician about getting 3rd Neupogent treatment on 081210,
041055 - and 2 more regularly scheduled on 081212 and 081213?
041056 - ref SDS 12 0Y4V
041058 - ..
041059 - [On 081210 primary care physician called Millie and advised
041060 - that ANC 1085 in blood test on 081210 does not require
041061 - Neupogen under Kaiser standards and practices until ANC
041062 - falls below 1000, ref SDS 13 J43V; doctor ordered follow up
041063 - blood test on 081212 to evaluate ANC below 1000 based on
041064 - patient history indicating ANC falling 120+ points per day
041065 - on sunitinib treatment protocol, which would cause ANC to
041066 - drop below 500 without Neupogen until Millie's next
041067 - scheduled lab at UCSF on 081218. ref SDS 13 H44M
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041070 - 14. Thanks very much for support.
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041073 - 15. You may have heard that sunitinib treatment has recently
041074 - yielded good response, and that side effects have begun to
041075 - mount up.
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