Welch Company
San Francisco, CA
S U M M A R Y
DIARY: October 27, 2009 08:30 AM Tuesday;
Rod Welch
Millie meeting at Kaiser evaluate next treatment for 9th relapse cancer.
1...Summary/Objective
2...Medical Chart
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0403 - ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
0405 -
040501 - Follow up
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040507 - ..
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0407 -
0408 - Progress
0409 -
040901 - Millie and Pam met with Doctor Johnson in the Oncology Department at
040902 - Kaiser in Walnut Creek.
040904 - ..
040905 - Doctor Johnson implemented planning in Millie's letter to the medical
040906 - team submitted last night with the agenda today. In the examination
040907 - room, he called Millie's cell phone number to conference with Rod in
040908 - the ICU unit at the VA in San Francisco, 5, days after heart bypass
040909 - surgery performed on 091022 0700. ref SDS 10 01F9 Doctor Johnson used
040910 - the speaker phone, so everyone in the examination room at Kaiser could
040911 - participate in the call.
040913 - ..
040914 - Doctor Johnson reported good news.
040916 - ..
040917 - Millie's cancer marker dropped 50 points to CA 15-3 299 for the lab 2
040918 - weeks ago, and after increasing 50 points to CA 15-3 352 from the
040919 - prior test 4 weeks ago.
040921 - ..
040922 - The doctor made an examination.
040924 - ..
040925 - Doctor Johnson indicated there is evidence of stable to reducing IBC
040926 - lesions.
040928 - ..
040929 - This seems to align with the drop in the cancer marker, but conflicts
040930 - somewhat with the letter to the medical team on 091019, reporting
040931 - evident progression of IBC, ref SDS 9 0Z9S, and the letter yesterday
040932 - reporting again patient observations that IBC seems to be progressing
040933 - on the left arm and other sites outside the radiation zones treated at
040934 - UCSF ending on 090317, and which aligned with rise of 50 points in the
040935 - prior test for the cancer marker CA 15-3 352, per above. ref SDS 0
040936 - DR6M
040938 - ..
040939 - [On 091112 0930 Doctor Johnson examined Millie and concurred
040940 - with the report on 091019 that cancer is progressing, and so
040941 - switched Millie to Navelbine chemotherapy, because the medical
040942 - team still has not had time to find a targeted treatment for
040943 - Millie that does not have difficult side effects. ref SDS 11
040944 - H54F
040946 - ..
040947 - Discussed goal of care for Millie is stable to improvement, under
040948 - Brigid's Rule that "stable is good" for treating cancer as a chronic
040949 - disease, reported on 070329 0800. ref SDS 1 M645
040951 - ..
040952 - Doctor Johnson advised that since examination today indicates at this
040953 - time Millie seems at least stable, he orders continuing the current
040954 - Gemzar treatment regimen another cycle, possibly 2.
040956 - ..
040957 - The doctor feels that this unexpected drop in cancer marker buys the
040958 - medical team another month or so to find the next treatment for
040959 - Millie's 9th relapse of cancer, and targeted to Millie's patient
040960 - profile listed in the record on 090213. ref SDS 2 ES7I
040962 - ..
040963 - This requirement was discssed with Doctor Johnson during a meeting in
040964 - the cafeteria on 090909 1344. ref SDS 7 VF60
040966 - ..
040967 - Doctor Johnson reported receiving Millie's letter to the medical team
040968 - on 090922 asking about progress at Kaiser collaborating with UCSF
040969 - reviewing follow on treatments for Millie, including PARP. ref SDS 8
040970 - NW6S
040972 - ..
040973 - Doctor Johnson reported during the meeting today that he still has not
040974 - had time to coordinate with Doctor Rugo at UCSF on finding the next
040975 - treatment for Millie. The doctor recalled meeting on 090909 and
040976 - feeling at that time that he had time to review 2nd opinion follow on
040977 - treatments for Millie, including PARP. ref SDS 7 QX88
040979 - ..
040980 - During the meeting, Doctor Johnson advised that he has not received a
040981 - call nor corresondence from Doctor Rugo to implement UCSF's work plan
040982 - on 090716 for Doctor Rugo to collaborate with Doctor Johnon on
040983 - coordinating Millie's care recovering from medical mistakes at UCSF
040984 - that have caused Millie's cancer to spread, reported by Doctor Hsu on
040985 - 090609. ref SDS 5 W65W
040987 - ..
040988 - Doctor Johnson further advised during the meeting today plans to work
040989 - with Doctor Rugo and her team at UCSF over the next few weeks to be
040990 - prepared for prescribing effective care treating Millie's cancer as a
040991 - chronic disease, when progression of IBC causes the 9th relapse, and
040992 - as explained by Doctor Rugo during the meeting at UCSF on 090616, when
040993 - at that time she reported that everybody at Kaiser and UCSF is "on
040994 - board" for treating Millie's cancer as a chronic disease, and for the
040995 - purpose of mitigating damage Millie suffered from medical mistakes
040996 - getting radiation treatment from UCSF on referral, and further
040997 - advising that Millie's treatment plan would next try a new line of
040998 - PARP agents "targeted" to treat only cancer, ref SDS 6 D647, similar
040999 - to cetuximab which was effective for nearly 2 years keeping Millie
041000 - "stable" under Brigid's rule, and with a high quality of daily life,
041001 - unlike her current stopgap treatment with Gemzar, which has achieved
041002 - stability, but has difficult side effects.
041004 - ..
041005 - Thanked Doctor Johnson for continuing to support the medical team with
041006 - hard work required to treat Millie's cancer as a chronic disease,
041007 - which he first proposed on 080829, and as shown in the case study of
041008 - patient history discussed previously at Kaiser on 090325. ref SDS 3
041009 - L15M
041011 - ..
041012 - With these understandings, ended conference call. Doctor Johnson
041013 - completed his visit with Millie and Pam at Kaiser in Walnut Creek, and
041014 - the VA continued care in the ICU to recover from heart surgery in San
041015 - Francisco on 091022. ref SDS 10 01F9
041017 - ..
041018 - Doctor Johnson explained to Millie after the call that Navelbine is
041019 - the only "Gold Standard" chemotherapy treatment he has left for
041020 - treating Millie's 9th relapse of cancer.
041022 - ..
041023 - This aligns with prior understandings in the meeting on 090515, when
041024 - at that time, the doctor advised that Gemzar and Navelbine
041025 - chemotherapy agents are not appropriate for Millie's patient profile.
041026 - ref SDS 4 658J
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050402 - Medical Chart
050403 -
050404 - Mil received the doctor's report for the meeting today sent with
050405 - Kaiser's Knowledge Management system...
050406 -
050407 - 1. Office Visit 10/27/09
050408 - To: Mildred A Buck
050409 - From: ROBERT ALLSTON JOHNSON MD
050410 - Received: 10/27/09 9:07 AM
050412 - ..
050413 - 2. Patient presents with: RECHECK
050415 - ..
050416 - 3. History of Present Illness:
050417 -
050418 - Mildred A Buck is a 73 Y female with a history of IBC of left
050419 - breast who was initially diagnosed 03/04/02. S/P AC x's 4 from
050420 - 04/23/02 through 07/01/02 followed by Taxotere ending 12/04/02.
050421 - She had recurrent disease noted initially in the cervical LN's
050422 - 03/03/04. On E2100 Study with Taxol/Avastin, but she had a PE
050423 - noted on CT 11/03/2004. Then, because of progression of
050424 - disease, the patient was started on Taxotere and Xeloda
050425 - 4/15/05. She had a total of 8 cycles ending 9/16/05. She had
050426 - a palliative left mastectomy performed 10/21/05. Then her left
050427 - chest lesions began expanding again. The patient started
050428 - Taxotere and Xeloda again 07/21/06 for 7 cycles. She was
050429 - started on a Clinical Trial 02/01/07 at UCSF and was randomized
050430 - to the Erbitux only (no Carbo) Arm. She had weekly Carboplatin
050431 - added 03/13/08 because of progression of disease. Her disease
050432 - progressed again and she began a Phase I/II Study of Sunitinib
050433 - (SU11248) at UCSF 11/14/08. Lengthy discussion about current
050434 - status and response to therapy. Because of cytopenia, MTX to be
050435 - D/C'd and Sutent and CTX held and then dose reduced. The
050436 - patient started hyperthermia/XRT at UCSF 02/19/09 and completed
050437 - it 03/17/09. She has started the MPA Clinical Trial at UCSF
050438 - 06/16/09 but this has been D/C'd. She started Gemzar 07/28/09
050439 - and received Wk #1 Of Cycle #4 10/22/09. She is here for FU.
050440 - She is concerned that there is evidence of progression , now
050441 - involving the right side of chest and breast.
050443 - ..
050444 - 4. Current medications:
050445 - HYDROCODONE/ACETAMINOPH 5-5
050446 - WARFARIN 4 MG TABLETS
050447 - LUMIGAN 0.03% EYE DROPS (2.
050448 - TIMOLOL MALEATE 0.5% EYE DR
050449 - OXYCODONE W/APAP 5-325 MG T
050450 - AEROCHAMBER Z-STAT/PLUS W/O
050451 - QVAR 80 MCG ORAL INHALER
050452 - ALBUTEROL HFA 90MCG ORAL IN
050453 - GUAIFEN/CODEIN 100-10MG/5ML
050454 - LORAZEPAM 1 MG TABLETS
050456 - ..
050457 - 5. Review of systems:
050458 - Constitutional: Appetite and energy level are stable still able to walk
050459 - Lafayette Reservoir.
050460 - Eyes: Vision is OK.
050461 - ENT: No nose bleeds.
050462 - Cardiovascular: No SOB, palpitations or chest pain
050463 - Respiratory: No hemoptysis or cough. Some DOE noted
050464 - GI: Diarrhea resolved
050465 - GU: No hematuria or dysuria
050466 - Musculoskeletal: Left neck spasm and right shoulder pain
050467 - Skin: Pruritis of chest wall
050468 - Neurological: No confusion, sensory changes or motor weakness
050469 - Psychiatric: Anxious
050471 - ..
050472 - 6. Physical Exam:
050473 - ECOG Performance Score 0
050474 - BP 138/81 | Pulse 72 | Temp (Src) 98.7 øF (37.1 øC) (Oral) | Wt 141 lb 9.6 oz
050475 - (64.229 kg) | SpO2 99%
050476 - Head: alopecia
050477 - Eyes: normal conjunctiva
050478 - Mouth: normal mucosa
050479 - Lymph: no nodes palpable in neck, axillae or groin
050480 - Breasts: evidence of progression of erythema to other breast
050481 - Lungs: clear to percussion and auscultation
050482 - Heart: regular without murmur or gallop
050483 - Abd: soft with normal bowel sounds. No masses or organomegaly
050484 - Ext: no edema
050485 - Skin: no rashes or palpable masses
050486 - Bones: no tenderness
050487 - Neuro: awake, alert, and oriented. Moves all extremities well. Normal gait.
050489 - ..
050490 - 7. Lab:
050491 - PT, Patient H 31.3 Sec
050492 - PT INR 3.0 Ratio
050494 - ..
050495 - 8. WBC 5.3 K/uL
050496 - RBC L 3.06 M/uL
050497 - Hemoglobin L 9.2 g/dL
050498 - Hematocrit L 28.7 %
050499 - MCV 94 fL
050500 - RDW H 20.2 %
050501 - Plt 388 K/uL
050503 - ..
050504 - 9. CA 15-3
050505 - -----------
050506 - 299 H
050507 - 343 H
050508 - 297 H
050509 - 302 H
050510 - 346 H
050511 - 335 H
050512 - 350 ?
050513 - 389 H
050514 - 289 H
050515 - 320 H
050516 - 271 H
050518 - ..
050519 - 10. PFT's 08/31/09
050520 - - No obstruction
050521 - - Good response to bronchodilators
050522 - - Moderate decrease in diffusion capacity
050524 - ..
050525 - 11. Imaging:
050526 - 09/19/09 CT THORAX W CONTRAST - No pulmonary emboli on a technically good
050527 - study. The lungs show multiple areas of groundglass opacity and multiple
050528 - small areas of more confluent density. Tiny left pleural effusion. S/P left
050529 - mastectomy. A few additional minor findings, as described above. Since July
050530 - 20, 2009 CT scan of the chest, there has been resolution of many of the
050531 - pulmonary opacities but there are now many new ones, especially in the left
050532 - lower lobe and in the right upper lobe. The left pleural effusion is much
050533 - smaller. Otherwise, no change.
050535 - ..
050536 - 12. 09/19/09 CHEST, SINGLE
050538 - ..
050539 - 13. 07/31/09 RIBS, UNILATERAL, 2 VIEWS - Right ribs appear intact
050541 - ..
050542 - 14. 07/20/09 CT THORAX W CONTRAST -
050543 -
050544 - 1. Negative for pulmonary embolus.
050545 -
050546 - 2. New small left pleural effusion. No pleural enhancement or
050547 - evidence of loculation.
050549 - ..
050550 - 3. Otherwise stable chest CT compared with recent examination
050551 - from one month earlier.
050553 - ..
050554 - 15. 06/12/09 CT THORAX, ABDOMEN, PELVIS W CONTRAST
050556 - ..
050557 - 16. 06/12/09 CT NECK W CONTRAST
050559 - ..
050560 - 17. 03/17/09 DXA BONE DENSITY, AXIAL -
050561 -
050562 - 1. Bone mineral density calculated for the LUMBAR SPINE is
050563 - statistically consistent with osteopenia.
050564 -
050565 - 2. Bone mineral density calculated for the TOTAL HIP is
050566 - statistically consistent with osteopenia.
050568 - ..
050569 - 18. 01/29/09 SHOULDER, COMPLETE 2+ VIEWS
050571 - ..
050572 - 19. 01/22/09 SHOULDER, COMPLETE 2+ VIEWS - Orthopedic follow up.
050573 - See Orthopedic note for details. S/P reduction of anterior
050574 - shoulder dislocation.
050576 - ..
050577 - 20. 01/22/09 SHOULDER, ONE VIEW - Dislocation, right shoulder.
050578 - Fracture right humeral head
050580 - ..
050581 - 21. 01/22/09 CT CERV SPINE W/O CONTRAST - Degenerative changes of
050582 - the cervical spine without evidence of acute C spine fracture
050583 - or loss in alignment.
050585 - ..
050586 - 22. 01/22/09 CT HEAD W/O CONTRAST -
050587 -
050588 - 1. No evidence of acute infarct or hemorrhage.
050589 - 2. Sinus disease. Mild nasal septal deviation to the right.
050591 - ..
050592 - 23. Assessment:
050593 - 1. Metastatic breast cancer (IBC) lung, lymph node and chest wall;
050594 - progression?
050595 - 2. Tolerating Gemzar; CA 15-3 is stable
050596 - 3. ACD stable
050597 - 4. DOE; due to radiation injury vs lymphangitic spread; stable
050598 - 5. Lymphedema stable
050599 - 6. Neck spasm
050601 - ..
050602 - 24. Plan:
050603 - 1. Continue Gemzar 750 mg/m2 iv q weekly x 3 weeks for one more cycle and then
050604 - reassess
050605 - 2. Continue Neupogen 480 mcg to be given 24 hrs after each treatment x 2 days
050606 - 3. Continue serial CA 15-3's
050607 - 4. Then consider Navelbine in the future
050608 - 5. Add Robaxin
050609 - 6. RTC monthly prior to chemotherapy
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