THE WELCH COMPANY
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S U M M A R Y
DIARY: March 10, 2009 11:42 AM Tuesday;
Rod Welch
Called Kaiser for report on labs yesterday to prepare for meeting tomorrow
at UCSF on evaluating Millie's response to radiation and hyperthermia.
1...Summary/Objective
2...Report for Labs at Kaiser on 090309 Prepare Meetig UCSF 090312
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0403 - ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
0405 -
040501 - Follow up ref SDS B7 0000, ref SDS B3 0000.
040502 -
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040504 -
040505 -
040507 - ..
0406 -
0407 -
0408 - Background
0409 -
040901 - 1. On 090218 1205 Millie requests explanation of treatment plan.
040902 - Doctor Rugo's letter to Kaiser on 090129 discussed hyperthermia
040903 - with Doxil, reported on 090130. ref SDS 66 TZ6H Has the plan
040904 - changed to use "lower dose" radiation rather than Doxil. Will
040905 - both be used, or some other agent? At this time, the record is
040906 - confusing about scope. Please explain initial assessment, and
040907 - prognosis. If this has already been submitted to Doctor
040908 - Johnson and Doctor Rugo, send a copy to Millie. ref SDS A8 TH5W
040910 - ..
040911 - 2. On 090218 1205 Millie reports to medical team good meeting with
040912 - Doctor Johnson at Kaiser on 090213. He seemed optimistic that
040913 - Millie might have 3 - 6 months of recovery, but will need
040914 - treatment from Doctor Rugo for cancer as a "chronic disease." A
040915 - week or so ago on 090210, Lena called to scheduling meeting
040916 - with Doctor Rugo on 090312 0830, reflecting comprehensive
040917 - follow up ordered by Kaiser during the meeting on 090203.
040918 - ref SDS A8 TH6U
040920 - ..
040921 - 3. On 090218 1205 Millie asks UCSF about obtaining records from Mt
040922 - Diablo Medical Center of prior radiation in 2002, which Doctor
040923 - Hsu discussed doing during the meeting at UCSF on 090205.
040924 - ref SDS A0 PN8H, and which cites Doctor Benz 2nd opinion at
040925 - UCSF on 041018 saying Millie likely cannot tolerate more
040926 - radiation. ref SDS A0 YO9G Was that so long ago, there is risk
040927 - from additional radiation now? ref SDS A8 TH6X
040929 - ..
040930 - 4. On 090218 1205 Millie asks UCSF about responding, ref SDS A8
040931 - TH7V, to the letter a week ago on 090209 requesting explanation
040932 - of side effects from radiation and hyperthermia, ref SDS A3
040933 - 745R, following Doctor Hsu's comments during the meeting on
040934 - 090205. ref SDS A0 GM4N Does the treatment plan address this
040935 - prospectively, or as needed? For example, as noted in the
040936 - letter on 090209, research found that side effects of radiation
040937 - are sometimes treated with Vitamin E plus pentoxifylline
040938 - (Trental), ref SDS A3 745R, which can be problematic with
040939 - Coumadin, so Gloria in the Coagulation Control Clinic at Kaiser
040940 - will need input. ref SDS A8 TH7V
040942 - ..
040943 - 5. On 090218 1205 Millie looking forward to starting treatment on
040944 - 090219, and despite worry about delays that prevent treatment
040945 - from being effective. ref SDS A8 TH7Y Millie Thanks Doctor Hsu
040946 - for expediting care, reported on 090203, ref SDS 86 XX5I, and
040947 - to Doctor Rugo for guidance through troubled waters, shown by
040948 - UCSF letter on 090202 1722. ref SDS 81 Y15J
040950 - ..
040951 - 6. On 090220 Millie's letter to Doctor Hsu requests...
040952 -
040953 - a. Computer file of picture showing typical configuration
040954 - of hyperthermia treatment. ref SDS B0 XX5O
040955 -
040956 - b. Computer file of picture showing typical configuration
040957 - of radiation treatment. ref SDS B0 XX5O
040959 - ..
040960 - c. Summary/general explanatoin of radiation and
040961 - hyperthermia treatments. Radiation on 090219 took much
040962 - longer than radiation Millie had in 2002, so there seems
040963 - to be a qualitative difference in technology and
040964 - process. Initially assumed IBC in the skin is not
040965 - treated with radiation, and is directed instead to treat
040966 - lymphadenopathy. After today, seems like maybe UCSF is
040967 - treating IBC with both radiation and hyperthermia?? Can
040968 - you please clarify. ref SDS B0 EA4Q
040970 - ..
040971 - d. Hyperthermia is a sonar process of some kind.
040972 - ref SDS B0 EA4T
040974 - ..
040975 - e. Orders for Millie's radiation and hyperthermia
040976 - treatments, similar to "Chemotherapy Orders" received
040977 - for treatments in the Infusion Clinic the past 2 years.
040978 - If possible, UCSF should submit a computer file to
040979 - reduce the time and cost for adding the treatment plan
040980 - to patient history. ref SDS B0 EA4W
040982 - ..
040983 - f. Metrics for evaluating when treatment concludes.
040984 - ref SDS B0 EA5P
040986 - ..
040987 - When Millie was treated at Kaiser with capecitabine and
040988 - Taxotere from Apr - Sep 2005, IBC rash seemed totally
040989 - resolved by visual examination. There was then a
040990 - mastectomy in October 2005. Biopsy of removed tissue
040991 - affirmatively reported no findings of IBC. Yet, years
040992 - later Millie is being treated again for IBC. ref SDS B0
040993 - EA5T This raises two questions...
040995 - ..
040996 - 1. How comprehensively can the current treatment
040997 - resolve IBC, and how is this assessed, beyond simple
040998 - visual inspection, and drop in the cancer marker?
040999 - Is there an xray, PET scan, or other diagnostic that
041000 - shows where we are for planning follow on steps?
041001 - ref SDS B0 EA5T
041003 - ..
041004 - 2. Can hyperthermia treatment be done again, if IBC
041005 - pops up later, as obviously happened to me? Will
041006 - there be follow up at least for a month or so in
041007 - radiation oncology, in case IBC does recur in the
041008 - near term? ref SDS B0 WF5I
041010 - ..
041011 - 7. On 090220 0915 Millie radiation and hyperthermia treatment at
041012 - UCSF. ref SDS B1 0G5I Millie receivd a copy of notes Chris
041013 - prepared of a meeting on 090209 with the UCSF medical team on
041014 - planning Millie's treatment. ref SDS B1 4254
041016 - ..
041017 - 8. On 090220 1548 reviewed UCSF memo dated 090209 explaining
041018 - treatment plan using radiation and hyperthermia for Millie to
041019 - recover from IBC. ref SDS B2 PR4Y
041021 - ..
041022 - 9. On 090220 1548 reviewed BSD paper explaining hyperthermia
041023 - treatment for recovering from cancer, ref SDS B2 GK6F,
041024 - including hyperthermia alone...
041025 -
041026 - hyperthermia................. ref SDS B2 004P
041028 - ..
041029 - In combination with....
041030 -
041031 - radiation.................... ref SDS B2 TT6L
041032 - chemotherapy................. ref SDS B2 0129
041033 - biological vaccines.......... ref SDS B2 0164
041035 - ..
041036 - 10. On 090223 0237 Millie's letter to medical team....
041037 -
041038 - a. Thanks UCSF for submitting memo dated 090209 on
041039 - planning hyperthermia treatments. ref SDS B3 T47U
041041 - ..
041042 - b. Requests work plan for radiation treatments.
041043 - ref SDS B3 3N9J and ref SDS B3 T49U, similar to work
041044 - plan for hyperthermia.
041046 - ..
041047 - c. Notes clinical findings that swelled lymph node in left
041048 - supraclavicular occurred again, ref SDS B3 T48S, and
041049 - asks if this will be radiated, and what other areas
041050 - will be radiated. ref SDS B3 T49R
041052 - ..
041053 - d. Reports upper left arm looks worse than before
041054 - treatment started, asks if this is expected side
041055 - effects of radiation and hyperthermia treatment.
041056 - ref SDS B3 T49Y
041058 - ..
041059 - e. Reports Cellulitis and lymphadema have been continuing
041060 - problems on left arm, ref SDS B3 T44R, asks if Keflex
041061 - should be started to prevent recurrence caused by
041062 - treatment for IBC? ref SDS B3 T44W
041064 - ..
041065 - f. Requests picture of Millie getting hyperthermia
041066 - treatment showing configuration of work process.
041067 - ref SDS B3 T45S
041069 - ..
041070 - 11. On 090223 1428 Millie receives letter from Chris saying UCSF
041071 - looking for radiation treatment plan. ref SDS B4 PR4Y
041073 - ..
041074 - 12. On 090223 1428 Millie receives file of picture showing scope of
041075 - hyperthermia treatments at UCSF for recovering from IBC.
041076 - ref SDS B4 GZ4H
041078 - ..
041079 - 13. On 090309 1500 Millie had blood draw at Kaiser for test to
041080 - support examination at UCSF on 090312 to evaluate response to
041081 - treatment. ref SDS B6 S65I Included INR test required once a
041082 - month to verify dose of Coumadin treatments of pulmonary
041083 - embolism. ref SDS B6 PU7Y Blood draw flushes port catheter,
041084 - also, required at least within 5 weeks, when patient not
041085 - getting chemotherapy treatments, as planned during meeting at
041086 - Kaiser on 090213. ref SDS A6 6P3F
041088 - ..
041089 - 14. On 090310 0351 Millie letter to medical team submits agenda for
041090 - meeting at UCSF on 090312 0800, ref SDS B7 PR4Y, scheduled by
041091 - Doctor Rugo on 090210 to evaluate response to treatment with
041092 - hyperthermia and Doxil to establish local control of IBC,
041093 - ref SDS A5 XU5N, and begin planning follow on care to treat
041094 - cancer as chronic disease, ordered by Doctor Johnson at Kaiser
041095 - on 090213. ref SDS A6 GD3I
041096 -
041097 - a. Treatment plan - Millie's invites Doctor Hsu to attend
041098 - meeting with Breats Care Clinic on 090312 to collaborate on
041099 - clarifying work plan for Millie to recover from IBC based
041100 - on evaluation of response to treatment in relatino to
041101 - original plan for 4 - 6 weeks of radiation treatment.
041102 - ref SDS B7 O55W
041104 - ..
041105 - b. Slow recovery disappointing becasue breastbone area looks
041106 - much worse. ref SDS B7 O56X
041108 - ..
041109 - c. Blood test report of labs at Kaiser on 090309 requested for
041110 - submision to UCSF to support meeting on 090312 that
041111 - evaluates response to treatment. ref SDS B7 O63Q
041113 - ..
041114 - d. CA 15-3 blood test cancer marker diagnostic only objective
041115 - metric on response to treatment. ref SDS B7 O63T
041116 - Significant rise of cancer marker at Kaiser in recent
041117 - months, and extreme differences with cancer marker at UCSF
041118 - present challenges evaluating response to treatment.
041119 - ref SDS B7 O63Y
041121 - ..
041122 - e. Complicated diagnostic status increases requirements for
041123 - interim assessment of response to teratment. ref SDS B7
041124 - O64Y
041126 - ..
041127 - f. Anemia seems to be recovering evidenced by labs at Kaiser
041128 - on 090309 indicating effects of ending treatment on 090122
041129 - with sunitinib protocol. ref SDS B7 O65R
041131 - ..
041132 - g. Energy still low, but recovering shown by increased hiking
041133 - at Lafayette reservoir. May be able to tolerate adding
041134 - chemotherapy with hyperthermia if needed to recover from
041135 - IBC. ref SDS B7 O65V
041137 - ..
041138 - h. Shoulder injury recovering with increased range of motion
041139 - will be demonstrated during examination at Kaiser on 090312
041140 - 1300 in Orthopedics Department. ref SDS B7 O65Y
041142 - ..
041143 - i. INR 2.2 within target range shows eliminating sunitinib
041144 - chemotherapy treatment on 090122 has caused blood counts to
041145 - fall back to normal continuing Coumadin treatment for
041146 - pulminary embolism. ref SDS B7 O66R
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SUBJECTS
Agenda Meeting Scheduled 090312 UCSF Breast Care Clinic and Radiatio
2503 -
250401 - ..
250402 - Report for Labs at Kaiser on 090309 Prepare Meetig UCSF 090312
250403 -
250404 - Follow up ref SDS B7 PR4Y, ref SDS B3 PR4Y.
250405 -
250406 - Millie had a blood test at Kaiser yesterday on 090309, ref SDS B6
250407 - S65I, which was ordered by the doctor during a meeting at Kaiser on
250408 - 090213. ref SDS A6 WY5M
250410 - ..
250411 - Millie's letter to the medical team earlier this morning asked Doctor
250412 - Johnson (with a copy for Arlette) to facilitate arrangements with the
250413 - Chemotherapy Infusion Clinic to print the report so that Millie can
250414 - get a copy by stopping at Kaiser on the way home from treatment this
250415 - afternoon, ref SDS B7 O63Q, and in order to enter the record that
250416 - enables everyone to access a common set of data in time for the
250417 - meeting at UCSF Thursday morning on 090312 0800.
250419 - ..
250420 - Previously, on 090213 the doctor had advised during a meeting at
250421 - Kaiser that doctors need a common set of data that is easy to access
250422 - in order to keep up with the hectic pace of treating a lot of
250423 - patients. ref SDS A6 4Y8F
250425 - ..
250426 - Called Kaiser and asked for Arlette.
250428 - ..
250429 - Florida in the Chemotherapy Clinic came online. She explained that
250430 - Arlette is with a patient. She is Arlette's backup, and so she picked
250431 - up the call.
250432 -
250433 - [On 090311 1431 Millie's letter to medical team thanks Kaiser
250434 - for support with getting the report for the lab on 090309 to
250435 - support the meeting at UCSF on 090312. ref SDS B9 5Z9K
250437 - ..
250438 - Florida asked how Millie is doing? Gave a brief rundown of past few
250439 - months, and that Mil is getting "alternative treatment" with radiation
250440 - and hyperthermia at UCSF.
250442 - ..
250443 - Explained Millie needs a copy of the report on the blood test
250444 - yesterday at Kaiser on 090309, and in order to support a meeting at
250445 - UCSF on Thursday to evaluate recovery from her 6th relapse of IBC, as
250446 - set out in the letter to the doctor and to Arlette earlier this
250447 - morning. ref SDS B7 O63Q
250449 - ..
250450 - Florida checked the record on Kaiser's computer. She said everything
250451 - is available for the lab, except CA 15-3 results have not yet been
250452 - posted. She asked to hold the line while she checks.
250453 -
250455 - ..
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2508 -
250801 - Florida came back online.
250802 -
250803 - She said that results for CA 15-3 won't be available until tomorrow.
250805 - ..
250806 - Florida explained that sometimes CA 15-3 blood tests are analyzed by
250807 - Kaiser's lab at the hospital. Often the blood vials for cancer
250808 - markers are sent to an outside laboratory, which is what happend in
250809 - this case for Millie's blood draw yesterday on 090309. Florida said
250810 - that when CA 15-3 is processed at the local Kaiser Lab, results come
250811 - back the same day, along with other standard tests, like the CBC.
250812 - However, using the outside lab takes at least 2 days and normally 3
250813 - days to get results.
250815 - ..
250816 - Florida said to call back tomorrow, and ask for her.
250818 - ..
250819 - She suggested calling just before lunch so there is enough time for
250820 - the Chemotherapy Clinic to get CA 15-3 results from the outside lab
250821 - and post to the computer. She will then print the report and leave it
250822 - on the counter for Millie to pick up on the way home from the Wellness
250823 - Community meeting that ends at 1230 in Pleasant Hill, a few miles from
250824 - Kaiser in Walnut Creek.
250826 - ..
250827 - Thanked Florida for extra effort today. She said to say hi to
250828 - Millie.
250829 -
250830 - [On 090311 1517 after meeting at the Wellness Community
250831 - in Pleasant Hill, Millie drove to Kaiser in Walnut Creek
250832 - and picked up a copy of the report for the blood test on
250833 - 090309. ref SDS C0 6Z4F
250834 -
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2512 -
251201 - Called Millie on the cell phone. She is on BART nearing Orinda. Said
251202 - not to stop at Kaiser to pickup the blood test report, because CA 15-3
251203 - has not been posted, and that Florida will print the full report
251204 - tomorrow for Millie to pickup after the meeting at the Wellness
251205 - Community.
251207 - ..
251208 - Said Florida says hi -- Millie was pleased about Florida coordinating
251209 - this stuff to save extra time and expense driving 30 miles to Kaiser
251210 - on the way home today.
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