Sunday, October Thirteenth, Two Thousand and Thirteen

Hello,

Plans change so quickly around here.  My mom and I fly to New York on Tuesday.  I am going to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center where I will meet with Doctor Richard O'Reilly.  Dr. O'Reilly has developed and introduced in clinical trial, a new immune cell therapy that helps manage Epstein-Barr-virus lymphomas.  I will receive third-party T-cells to help destroy the Epstein-Barr-virus.  I will receive the T-cells one day a week for three weeks.  The hope is that this past chemo along with these T-cells will reduce the amount of active cancer and allow me to get the stem cell transplant.  Unless the cancer is reduced, the stem cell transplant would not be effective.

Fortunately for us, we have family in NY and will stay with my uncle about 30 miles from the hospital.  It is still unclear whether I will stay overnight at the hospital as I receive the T-cells.  This plan was formulated on the spur of the moment and is lacking details.  I will try to update the blog once I have my consultation with Dr. O'Reilly on Wednesday, October 16th.

You can read more about Dr. O'Reilly here:

http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctor/richard-o-reilly


Lauren

God before you,
God behind you,
God above you,
God within you.