May 9, 2008

The result came back this morning. It is Stage 1 Multiple Myeloma. Jenny is doing fine with this information and is even more ready to attack it.
Pray for her strength and her stamina to fight this invader of her body.

Now for the details:

The doctor said that she be given a new oral (pill) drug called Revlimid, it is a new drug that is showing great promise in fighting this cancer. He also said because she is so young it will work even better and it is very tolerable with very few side effects. I found this statement about the drug on the web site that is really upbeat:

These immunomodulatory derivatives are chemically similar to thalidomide but are more potent in the laboratory and have a different side effect profile than thalidomide. They have multiple mechanisms of action that affect both the cancer cell and its microenvironment.

Another neat thing that he said is that they are not done testing her marrow. They are trying to isolate the gene that is the actual problem so that they might be able to treat it.

She will be undergoing radiation for the remainder of the tumor in a couple of weeks. He said that it will begin in a few days and last for 3 weeks for 15 minutes a day.

She will probably be going home at the end of next week; she has a steroid that she has to take and that will be by an I.V.

I can’t tell you how much Jenny & I appreciate all of the support that we have received. It is really showing how Christ’s body has different parts and how the different parts have different functions.

Continue to pray for Jenny. She is very strong and will fight this very aggressively!

I will update you as we learn more.


Ron