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 30, 2009 03:06 PM Friday;
Rod Welch
Called Arlette at Kaiser about Doctor Johnson authorizing hyperthermia
treatment at UCSF prescribed by Doctor Rugo.
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0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 5 0000. ref SDS 3 0000.
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0408 - Progress
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040901 - Background...
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040903 - 1. On 090123 Doctor Johnson advised Millie that Doctor Rugo should
040904 - prescribe treatment for Millie's 6th relapse of IBC, because
040905 - her cancer has mutated to cells that are resistant to
040906 - treatments available at Kaiser. ref SDS 1 8K6K
040908 - ..
040909 - 2. On 090123 Doctor Johnson noted that cancer marker CA 15-3 303
040910 - at Kaiser on 090116 together with severe spread of IBC indicate
040911 - timely treatment for Millie is urgent to prevent cancer from
040912 - cascading out of control. ref SDS 1 XM6L
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040915 - 3. On 090127 Millie notified the medical team that Doctor Johnson
040916 - authorized Doctor Rugo to prescribe treatment for Millie at
040917 - UCSF. ref SDS 2 TY5W
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040920 - 4. On 090129 Doctor Rugo wrote a letter to Doctor Johnson at
040921 - Kaiser prescribing hyperthermia with Doxil to treat Millie's
040922 - 6th relapse of IBC for local control.
040924 - ..
040925 - 5. On 090130 Krshna called to schedule Millie for hyperthermia
040926 - treatment to recover from 6th relapse of IBC, but said that
040927 - Kaiser has not filed an authorization. ref SDS 5 NM5H
040929 - ..
040930 - Called Kaiser Oncology in Walnut Creek.
040932 - ..
040933 - Arlette answered.
040935 - ..
040936 - Explained call from Krshna in Doctor Hsu's office at UCSF asking for
040937 - Kaiser authorization of Millie's treatment with hyperthermia and
040938 - Doxil. ref SDS 5 PP8U Reviewed patient history showing Doctor Johnson
040939 - asked Doctor Rugo to prescribe Millie's treatment for the 6th relapse
040940 - of IBC. Most recently, Doctor Johnson advised on 090123 that CA 15-3
040941 - 303 in Kaiser Labs on 090119 and spread of IBC on Millie's chest
040942 - requires that Doctor Rugo prescribe a new treatment at UCSF because
040943 - Millie's cancer has mutated to cells that are resistant to treatments
040944 - available at UCSF. ref SDS 1 8K6K
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040947 - Explained stopped at Oncology yesterday afternoon to coordinate Doctor
040948 - Johnson filing the authorization, but the doctor had already left,
040949 - because Millie was delayed leaving UCSF due to a hectic schedule
040950 - yesterday. ref SDS 4 3P7J
040952 - ..
040953 - Arlette feels that cancer marker CA 15-3 303 requires immedicate
040954 - treatment.
040956 - ..
040957 - Arlette said that Doctor Johnson has already left the Walnut Creek
040958 - hospital for the day again today. He may be at the Kaiser campus in
040959 - Antiock, she is not certain.
040961 - ..
040962 - We reviewed Doctor Johnson's comments on 090123 that CA 15-3 303 in
040963 - the lab at Kaiser on 090116 shows cancer is rising quickly. Timely
040964 - treatment for Millie is essential to prevent cancer from cascading out
040965 - of control. ref SDS 1 RK6O
040967 - ..
040968 - Arlette will try to contact the doctor by page and coordinate
040969 - immediate action so that UCSF can schedule Millie's treatment.
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041301 - Arlette called back.
041302 -
041303 - Doctor Johnson answered the page. He was in a meeting somewhere, and
041304 - said that this evening he will use his computer connection at home for
041305 - accessing the Kaiser Knowledge Management system to issue
041306 - authorization for Millie's treatment at UCSF with hyperthermia and
041307 - Doxil, as prescribed by Doctor Rugo in her letter to Doctor Johnson
041308 - yesterday.
041310 - ..
041311 - Thanked Arlette for timely assistance.
041312 -
041313 - [...in another record today on 090130 called UCSF Radiation
041314 - Oncology Department and left message for Krshna that Doctor
041315 - Johnson is issuing authorization for Kaiser to pay for Millie's
041316 - treatment, and that UCSF should schedule treatment for Monday
041317 - or Tuesday of next week, or as soon as possible in order
041318 - avoiding losing control with cancer markcer CA 15-3 303
041319 - reported on Kaiser's lab performed 090116. ref SDS 5 PPYR
041321 - ..
041322 - [On 090131 Millie received notice from primary care physician
041323 - at Kaiser that authorization was issued on 090130 for treatment
041324 - with hyperthermia and Doxil. ref SDS 6 GV4M
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041327 - [On 090201 Millie letter to medical team thanks Krshna at UCSF,
041328 - and thanks Arlette for timely coordination supporting Doctor
041329 - Johnson implementing request for referral from Doctor Rugo on
041330 - 090129. ref SDS 7 KN9Q
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