THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
rodwelch@pacbell.net
S U M M A R Y
DIARY: March 9, 2010 04:43 PM Tuesday;
Rod Welch
Millie "good-to-go" 2nd treatment Abraxane recover 10th relapse cancer.
1...Summary/Objective
2...Commend Doctor Johnson Kaiser Oncology Prescribing 1 Neupogen Treatment
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 10 0000. ref SDS 9 0000.
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0408 - Background
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040901 - On 100203, Millie resumed treatment after a 3-week pause ordered by
040902 - Doctor Johnson, on 100112 0830, ref SDS 3 G68H, while Millie was
040903 - treated to recover from a very severe case of shingles infection,
040904 - reported earlier on 100104 1115. ref SDS 2 0P9S
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040907 - On 100217 0730 Millie got the 3rd treatment of the 3rd cycle with
040908 - Navelbine for Millie to recover from the 9th relaspe of cancer.
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040911 - On 100218 1000 Millie got Neupogen treatment at Kaiser to maintain
040912 - blood counts essential for getting Navelbine chemotherapy treatment
040913 - for cancer. ref SDS 4 ER95
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040916 - On 100218 1000 Millie had emergency meeting with Doctor Johnson,
040917 - primary care physician at Kaiser, after getting Neupogen treatment;
040918 - the doctor diagnosed relapse of shingles, and prescribed a 4th cycle
040919 - of treatment, but only with Acyclovir (Zovirax) 800 MG tablets,
040920 - ref SDS 4 0Y6O; the doctor also diagnosed Millie's 10 relapse of
040921 - cancer, and ordered switching treatment from Navelbine to Abraxane,
040922 - beginning on 100303. ref SDS 4 023N The doctor further ordered a CT
040923 - test to evaluate rising pain. ref SDS 4 ES40
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040926 - On 100218 1230 Millie had emergency CT test. ref SDS 4 PQ6R
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040929 - On 100301 0005 letter to medical team reports improvement from CT test
040930 - on 100218, and increased energy may indicate Navelbine can continue
040931 - another cycle. ref SDS 5 ER95
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040934 - On 100302 0830 meeting at Kaiser, ref SDS 6 ER95; Doctor Johnson
040935 - prescribed Abraxane for Millie starting treatment tomorrow for
040936 - recovering from 10th relapse of cancer. ref SDS 6 FB67 Blood counts
040937 - dropped significantly, ref SDS 6 IC4N; since Abraxane side effects
040938 - reduce blood counts this increases chances of shingles recurrence; the
040939 - doctor advised that treatment for cancer will be paused again, if
040940 - shingles recurs. ref SDS 6 FC68 Only way for Millie to get treatment
040941 - for shinges concurrent with cancer is to switch from Abraxane to a
040942 - "targeted" treatment for cancer that does not injure bone marrow
040943 - producing blood. ref SDS 6 IC85
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040946 - On 100303 0730 Millie received 1st treatment 1st cycle Abraxane at
040947 - Kaiser Oncology Chemotherapy Clinic in Walnut Creek. ref SDS 7 625I
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040950 - On 100304 2251 Millie notifies medical team that 1st treatment of 1st
040951 - cycle started with Abraxane to recover from 10th relapse of cancer.
040952 - ref SDS 8 ER95 Reports possible recurrence of shingles. ref SDS 8
040953 - OP6W Millie asks Kaiser for written report on trade-offs for
040954 - prescribing agents "targeted" to treat her cancer that do no injure
040955 - the bone marrow producing new blood. ref SDS 8 OQ4Y
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040958 - On 100305 0822 Millie notifies medical team that shingles seems to
040959 - have subsided again, so that treatment with Abraxane can continue.
040960 - ref SDS 9 ER95 Millie requests prescription for medication to have
040961 - available in time to treat shingles recurrence so that treatment for
040962 - cancer can continue. ref SDS 9 0W3T Millie further requests that the
040963 - medical team submit analysis of trade-offs for alternative oncologic
040964 - treatments. ref SDS 9 0W3W
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040967 - On 100309 1238 Millie notifies medical team that Kaiser's Knowledge
040968 - Management system is off-line, and so requests results of blood test
040969 - to evaluate getting treatment with Abraxane chemotherapy tomorrow for
040970 - recovering from cancer. ref SDS 10 ER95
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040973 - On 100309 1643 Millie notifies medical team that results of lab today
040974 - show "good-to-go" for getting 2nd Abraxane treatment tomorrow.
040975 - ref SDS 0 ER95
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041301 - Millie's letter to medical team says...
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041303 - 1. Subject: Blood Counts Good for 2nd Treatment Abraxane March 10
041304 - Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:57:10 -0800
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041312 - 3. About 1230, Nadine, in the Oncology Chemotherapy Infusion
041313 - Clinic, called and advised that the lab had not posted results
041314 - for the blood draw this morning.
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041317 - 4. Rod stopped at Kaiser to get results this afternoon OA 1548.
041318 - The parking lot was full on all 5 floors, East and West wing,
041319 - so could not get to Oncology for results of the lab this
041320 - morning, and other documentation requested in the letter to
041321 - Kaiser earlier this afternoon (see below).
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041324 - 5. About 20 minutes ago, I received a letter from Kaiser advising
041325 - that results for the blood test have been reported.
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041328 - 6. Normal access to Kaiser's Knowledge Management system is still
041329 - reporting "out of order." Using a link in the letter from
041330 - Kaiser, yielded access to test results.
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041333 - 7. Looks like I am "good to go" for treatment tomorrow with WBC at
041334 - 7.0 and Neutrophils at 60%. The lab has not yet calculated
041335 - ANC, but with components well above minimum targets, ANC
041336 - (NEUTS) should be good for the next treatment with Abraxane.
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050405 - 8. This supports your decision on 100302 to order a single
050406 - Neupogen treatment for last week, when blood counts were much
050407 - lower than today. ref SDS 6 EP7O Favorable blood test results
050408 - today justify continuing your order for 1 Neupogen treatment
050409 - this week. Congratulations on avoiding over-medicating.
050410 - Neupogen contributes to fatigue, so holding this to a minimum
050411 - is a blessing. Today, I finally have energy to get up and do
050412 - stuff. Tomorrow should be okay. Then fatigue from chemo and
050413 - Neupogen occur again.
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050416 - 9. Impression after 1 week with Abraxane is that I am no worse,
050417 - and possibly improved. Will know better if we get through the
050418 - 1st cycle.
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