What a Rough Couple of Weeks

Except for the bout of GvHD, this intestinal bug has been the worst thing I have ever had. The bug is known as C. diff which is short for the scientific name. It lays waste to your entire intestinal tract. I've essentially been non functional for three weeks. I'm a little better today, but not by much. I'm taking oral Vancomyecin every 6 hours round the clock. But they told me it could take 10 days to begin to get better. Today is day 9.

I'm suppose to be in Houston to see the doctor tomorrow (Monday) morning. But I decided I couldn't make the trip. Besides, we tried for the last several days to get an answer about whether Sunesis would allow me to move up to the next cohort group. Keating was out of town and the nurses, including the research nurse for this study, did not know. So we took that to mean "no news" is no news. So if they haven't heard from Sunesis, a trip to Houston is just a waste of time. So, I'm not going.

Fortunately, the nodes are not growing wildly. They are bigger in the neck, especially the right side. I look like I've got a golf ball embedded in the side of my neck on the right side, but at least it's not a tennis ball. As long as the nodes don't go wild, we have time to let things play out with Sunesis.

That's all for now.