THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
rodwelch@pacbell.net
S U M M A R Y
DIARY: January 23, 2009 09:48 AM Friday;
Rod Welch
Glenna called Millie about recovering from separated shoulder.
1...Summary/Objective
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0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 32 0000. ref SDS 29 0000.
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0408 - Progress
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040901 - Background...
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040903 - 1. On 090108 examination at UCSF showed possible progression of
040904 - IBC in breastbone area. Millie reported severe side effects.
040905 - Medical team prescribed another cycle sunitinib treatment, with
040906 - paused until blood counts to a safe level.
040908 - ..
040909 - 2. On 090108 Millie received a letter from Glenna summarizing
040910 - understandings for the work plan presented during the meeting
040911 - earlier at UCSF on 090108. ref SDS 14 LX7O
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040914 - 3. On 090109, Millie submitted a letter to the medical team
040915 - presenting findings from the examination and transmitting
040916 - Glenna's work plan summary. ref SDS 15 UC4H
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040919 - 4. On 090116 Glenna called about Millie's response to sunitinib
040920 - treatments. during 3rd cycle of sunitinib. ref SDS 21 JY6L
040921 - Reviewed record on 090115 reporting IBC rash looks improved to
040922 - stable, and nodules in the breastbone area seem stable to
040923 - worse, ref SDS 19 124N, relative to detailed review on 090110,
040924 - ref SDS 16 124N, and after 7 days of treatment with only
040925 - sunitinib, and 21 total treatments with sunitinib since the
040926 - pause on 081218 and resuming on 081226, ref SDS 19 6C4J,
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040929 - 5. Millie talked on 090116 morning about reducing the dose of
040930 - sunitinib in order to reduce side effects. ref SDS 21 JY7J She
040931 - seems at this point still committed to trying the current
040932 - higher dose in order to optimize recovery, planned in the
040933 - meeting with the medical team on 090108, noted in Millie's
040934 - letter on 090109. ref SDS 15 UF3T
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040937 - 6. Asked Glenna about remedy to relieve side effects, mainly of
040938 - sore toes that prevent exercise that maintains immune system
040939 - for recoverying from cancer. ref SDS 21 PPUQ
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040942 - 7. On 090116 Millie received Glenna's letter planning a meeting
040943 - with Doctor Rugo to discuss Millie's case, ref SDS 23 YN9H, and
040944 - which attached a letter Glenna sent to the doctor describing
040945 - IBC in the breastbone area has worsened. ref SDS 23 FW3J
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040948 - 8. On 090116 Millie's letter to Glenna clarifies breastone area
040949 - looks stable to worse; everything else looks improved to
040950 - stable. ref SDS 24 IS6G Millie further reports rising side
040951 - effects of treatment, and requests remedy. ref SDS 24 IT4V
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040954 - 9. On 090118 Millie talks about wanting to end treatment with
040955 - sunitinib that seems now less effective and has severe side
040956 - effects after adding cycloposphamide. ref SDS 25 UC41
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040959 - 10. On 090121 Glenna called to discuss patient history showing
040960 - progression of cancer; Millie's 6th relapse of IBC. ref SDS 29
040961 - AJ3J Side effects continue to rise. ref SDS 29 TW53 Glenna
040962 - asked about Doctor Rugo's plans for follow on treatments.
040963 - ref SDS 29 Y67L Glenna wrote a letter to the doctor scheduling
040964 - a meeting to discuss changing treatment for Millie, ref SDS 29
040965 - N976, cited previously in Glenna's letter on 090116.
040966 - ref SDS 23 YN9H
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040969 - 11. On 090122 Glenna called and left message she met with Doctor
040970 - Rugo and scheduled Millie to start a new treatment next week on
040971 - 090129, and that Millie should stop treatment with sunitinib in
040972 - order to remove toxicity from the body to prepare for starting
040973 - another treatment. ref SDS 32 K96F
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040976 - 12. On 090123 Millie letter to the medical team confirms UCSF order
040977 - to stop treatment with sunitinib in order to prepare for
040978 - starting a new treatment on 090129. ref SDS 33 KR4P
040980 - ..
040981 - Glenna received Millie's letter sent last night to the medical team.
040982 - ref SDS 33 KR8Y She was pleased to hear Millie is recovering this
040983 - morning.
040985 - ..
040986 - Thanked Glenna for meeting with Doctor Rugo yesterday, and expediting
040987 - transition to a new treatment next Thursday on 090129, because Millie
040988 - is getting worse every day, and cancer marker has escalated to CA 15-3
040989 - 303 in the test at Kaiser on 090116, as reported to Glenna when she
040990 - called on 090121. ref SDS 29 N976
040992 - ..
040993 - Asked Glenna for documentation on the new treatment Millie starts next
040994 - Thursday on 090129 0830, as presented in Glenna's telephone message
040995 - yesterday on 090122, notifying that Doctor Rugo ended Millie's
040996 - treatment with sunitinib clincial study due to rising symptoms of
040997 - cancer Marker CA 15-3 303 in labs at Kaiser on 090116, ref SDS 22
040998 - PQTQ, and spread of IBC on Millie's chest, showing 6th relapse of IBC.
040999 - ref SDS 32 K96F
041001 - ..
041002 - Glenna advised that she did not meet with Doctor Rugo, planned in the
041003 - discussion on 090121. ref SDS 29 N976 She received a letter from the
041004 - doctor to coordinate referral from Kaiser for Millie's next treatment
041005 - on 090129.
041007 - ..
041008 - Glenna indicated during the call this morning that she is not aware
041009 - yet of the specific treatment the doctor has prescribed. Glenna
041010 - explained that a hectic daily schedule presents difficult challenges
041011 - allocating time for colleagues to deliberate in meetings on planning
041012 - patient care. She has therefore not been able to meet with the doctor
041013 - planned in the letter to Millie on 090116, ref SDS 23 YN9H, and
041014 - discussed on 090121. ref SDS 29 N976
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041016 - [On 090123 Doctor Johnson, Millie's primary care physician at
041017 - Kaiser called and advised that Doctor Rugo can prescribe follow
041018 - on treatment for Millie because her cancer has become resistant
041019 - to drugs available at Kaiser. ref SDS 34 8K6K
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041022 - [On 090130 letter to medical team reports communication delay
041023 - cited during meeting the day before at UCSF on 090129 Doctor
041024 - Rugo explained Glenna was coordinating a week earlier, i.e., on
041025 - 090122, with Kaiser for referral to provide hyperthermia
041026 - treatment to Millie in time to be effective. ref SDS 35 AY8Q
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