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DIARY: January 6, 2009 11:36 AM Tuesday;
Rod Welch
Letter medical team agenda for meeting at UCSF Jan 8th.
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0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 16 0000, ref SDS 15 0000.
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0408 - Progress
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040901 - Millie submitted an agenda to the medical team for the meeting at UCSF
040902 - on 090108 to review progress recovering from the 5th relapse of IBC,
040903 - and to get a blood draw. This follows up the agenda for the previous
040904 - meeting at UCSF on 081218, ref SDS 5 5G5H, submitted to the medical
040905 - team on 081217. ref SDS 3 VZ5I As well, Millie met with the primary
040906 - care physician at Kaiser the next day on 081219, ref SDS 6 QW5J,
040907 - implementing the agenda submitted the day before on 081218.
040909 - ..
040910 - Millie submitted the following letter...
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040912 - 1. Subject: Agenda Meeting Medical Team UCSF Jan 8 0830
040913 - Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:38:47 -0800
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040928 - 2. Thanks for confirming in the telephone call this morning the
040929 - schedule meeting with Doctor Rugo, you and Tara on Thursday,
040930 - 090108 0830, after getting a blood draw in the Infusion Clinic
040931 - at 0800. Please check through my schedule shown in the record
040932 - on 081218 and let me know of any changes. ref SDS 4 PN6F
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040935 - 3. Please submit the order to the Infusion Clinic for the blood
040936 - draw at 0800, per planning this morning. Include CA 15-3 and
040937 - INR for the Coagulation Control Clinic at Kaiser.
040939 - ..
040940 - 4. Thanks to Arlette in Oncology at Kaiser in Walnut Creek for
040941 - submitting reports via fax to UCSF this morning on the CT test
040942 - at Kaiser performed last week on 081230. ref SDS 11 3G5I Heads
040943 - up - this was published again in 2 separate reports, like
040944 - reports that caused confusion for the test on 081107 [received
040945 - on 081113. ref SDS 1 RU6R] Doctor Johnson is sending me a copy
040946 - of these reports today electronically through Kaiser's
040947 - Knowledge Management System. ref SDS 14 B47I This provides
040948 - time for review to be prepared for the meeting on Thursday.
040950 - ..
040951 - [On 090109 Millie's letter to the medical team reports
040952 - UCSF did not receive CT test reports from Kaiser.
040953 - ref SDS 17 UE6U
040955 - ..
040956 - 5. Chris in Kaiser's Radiology Department has a call pending for
040957 - Al Hutchins, Manager of the department to discuss implementing
040958 - Doctor Johnson's order in the referral on 081219 for findings
040959 - to be consolidated into a single [CT test] report. ref SDS 16
040960 - OO4S Hopefully, this capability will be online in time for the
040961 - next CT test at the end of the month.
040963 - ..
040964 - 6. I went to exercise class this morning. Energy is now low
040965 - again. [reviewed at Kaiser on 081219 with primary care
040966 - physician citing cytopenia, ref SDS 6 LS6K] I tried to hike
040967 - Lafayette reservoir on Saturday [it was actually Friday
040968 - 090101], and barely made one lap with help getting pushed up
040969 - the 2 steepest hills. ref SDS 12 3E4K I did a flatter hike the
040970 - next day and made that okay. ref SDS 13 3E4K [this is the
040971 - second time Millie has hiked Lafayette reservoir, reported to
040972 - the medical team on 081230. ref SDS 10 4W9S]
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040974 - [On 090109 Millie letter to medical team reports results of
040975 - meeting at UCSF; doctor continues sunitinib and pauses
040976 - cyuclophosphamide chemotherapy to reduce side effects until
040977 - blood counts increase. ref SDS 17 UF3Q
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040980 - 7. As previously reported IBC rash increased on 081224 and 081225,
040981 - then seemed better the next day on 081226. ref SDS 8 505G [as
040982 - reported in letter to medical team on 081230, ref SDS 10 JV5M].
040983 - There have been perhaps two occasions about 3 days ago when I
040984 - seemed to feel slight pain or discomfort in the breastbone area
040985 - where there is a concentration of IBC nodules. I think we are
040986 - now on another improvement cycle. After resuming treatment for
040987 - 5 days the nodules and rash seem again to be subsiding.
040988 -
040989 - [On 090109 Millie's letter to medical team reports
040990 - examination on 090108 finding IBC increased particularly
040991 - in the breastbone area after pausing treatment for 1
040992 - week ordered during the meeting at UCSF on 081218, and
040993 - further treatment was adjusted and continued to evaluate
040994 - possibility of another recovery from consistent
040995 - treatment with sunitinib. ref SDS 17 UE6R
040997 - ..
040998 - [On 090121 Glenna requested patient history on UCSF
040999 - planning follow on treatments for Millie. ref SDS 19
041000 - Y67L
041002 - ..
041003 - [On 090122 Glenna advised that Doctor Rugo ended Millie's
041004 - treatment with sunitinib a week early in order to remove
041005 - toxicities so that Millie can start the next treatment on
041006 - 090129.
041008 - ..
041009 - 8. The agenda for Thursday is blood counts, per Doctor Rugo's plan
041010 - on 081218. I'm hoping counts are high enough to continue with
041011 - sunitinib at maximum amount 37.5 mg per day [discussed with
041012 - primary care physician at Kaiser on 081219 explaining low blood
041013 - counts cause cytopenia, ref SDS 6 LS6K, presented in Millie's
041014 - letter to the medical team on 081223, ref SDS 7 BW3V, and
041015 - supported by case study on 081230. ref SDS 10 I87N]
041016 -
041017 - [On 090109 Millie letter to medical team reports blood
041018 - counts very low again, NEUTS 0.87, confirms UCSF
041019 - treatment plan on 090108 continues sunitinib at full
041020 - strenth, and pauses cyclophosphamice until blood counts
041021 - rise to NEUTS 1.00. ref SDS 17 UF3Q
041023 - ..
041024 - [On 090115 1522 Millie's letter reports continued side
041025 - effects from chemotherapy that reflects continuing low
041026 - blood counts that risk cytopenia. ref SDS 18 5J9Y
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041029 - 9. We need to decide about Neupogen treatments scheduled for
041030 - Friday and Saturday. Do we cancel or get treatments? What
041031 - about cutting back on cyclophosphamide if blood counts are real
041032 - low??
041033 -
041034 - [On 090109 Millie letter to medical team confirms UCSF
041035 - work plan for Neupogen treatment on 090109 and 090110.
041036 - ref SDS 17 UF3Q
041038 - ..
041039 - 10. Kaiser's blood test on 081226 was partially reported to the
041040 - team on 081230 showing favorable results for continuing
041041 - treatments at full does. ref SDS 10 JV5M Here are the complete
041042 - results including CA 15-3 202, and the panel for cholesterol
041043 - which looks okay. ref SDS 9 S65I
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041046 - 11. The lab on Thursday will update the cancer marker after
041047 - resuming treatment without Methotrexate on 081226.
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