Happy New Year to all our readers
As I told you in my last email we were Joined by son Pete and his lovely wife Beau for Christmas and we also had Jack & Miah and their beautiful kids for Christmas Eve..we went to Canberra where Elissa & I were able to still do the long walk involving a climb up the Pinnacle and look at the Kangaroos...We can usually do the walk in about an hour this time it took about 2 hours but we were relieved that we can still do it ,the hospitality and welcome we got from my sister and family was something else ..It was over the top..we had great time..most people there who had seen me before said that there was a big improvement.
Well the story took a bit of a turn 2 days ago
Many of you know that there is a drug that can control the cancer if you have a wild gene . If you have a mutant gene there is nothing that can be done for you.
1 in 3 have the wild gene..well 2 days ago the oncologist rang and said that I have the wild gene and come in and see him so today ,New Year’s Eve, Elissa & I visited him.
Well the news is good and bad ,mostly good.
For the rest of my life I will be taking a drug called “Erbitux” stop taking it and I die. I will take it once a week intravenously .At the start it will take 1.5 hours but after awhile it will be less.
The side effects of the drug will be acne either on the face or body..I will also be tired listless and lazy..I thought to myself “what’s new”.
At the clinic where the Doctor works there is 1 patient who has had over 100 doses of this drug...that’s 2 years..that’s 2years he wasn’t counting on....There is only 1 worry he’s their first.
The Doc wasn’t able to cite other examples..didn’t worry me .I said where do I sign. He said the drug acted like a sniper it tries to shoot the cancer gene whereas Chemo knocks out all the genes
Like a shotgun.
Asked about other things..I can eat what I like..if I put on any weight that would be a bonus...I told him The taste of alcohol was not good
He said my alcohol drinking days were over..the liver is no good and it can’t control the toxins so when the beer hits the throat the liver says “get to the shitter out of here” or something like that. Elissa & I had lunch with son Jack at Australia Square yesterday and I looked at all the young girls drinking beer in long glasses and I thought to myself....
Why am I not there and then realised I couldn’t stand the taste anyway .
Well thanks for reading my story..As always Elissa is fantastic so all is good...keep you in the loop.
Dave from Dubbo
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