New Trial Started…

I left Madison for NYC at 6:00 Monday morning… The blizzard that hit over the weekend dropped 30” of snow and I just didn’t feel safe driving into NYC. So, I took the train into the City and a cab ride that would rival many amusement park rides from Penn Station to Sloan.

The clinical trial I’m participating is a called Bortezomib. I received my first treatment on Monday morning around 9:30. and had blood drawn and vital signs taken every hour until about 6:00 p.m. I arrived back in Madison at 8:30 Monday evening. I’ve had to follow this same protocol with the two other trials I participated in last year. I have to return to Sloan Kettering every day this week for treatment, but should only be at there for a couple hours a day.

Dr. O’Connor has used Bortezomib to treat a Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, called Mantle Cell Lymphoma; the patients who received this medication experienced a high rate of success. There hoping for the same sucess in treating Hodgkin's. So far, I have not experienced any side affects from treatment, outside of just being tired from commuting, I'm okay.

Thank you for your continued prayers.

Fighting 2 Win,

-Alese