Monday, June 30, 2008

Well, I got good news today. First, I will qualify for this new clinical study I will be doing beginning tomorrow. The echocardiogram was a poor picture. Today I got something called a MUGET. Don't ask me to explain. But, it entailed drawing blood, lacing it with a tracer, and re-injecting it into my vein. Then, they used a machine to take pictures of my heart's ability to pump blood and its volume.

Also, I asked about my MRI and they said there are still no signs of melanoma mets in my brain. This is good because I hear once it's there it is tough to recover. So, I'm not sure how this is all going to pan out, but it was good news today.

I will go down tomorrow with Julie to the hospital. They will infuse me for about 2 hours and monitor my progress for a few hours afterwards before they release me home. I will do the same the following Tuesday and so on for 6 weeks.

Nathan