Treatment Decision

I have decided to participate in a trial at UC Davis for patients with relapsed/refractory Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). They have scheduled me for a mandatory bone marrow biopsy this Friday 5/29 which changes my last day of work to this Thursday. I will have to undergo some preliminary tests and an exam before I begin the study. I will also need to have another CT Pet Scan, ECG, blood, urine, bone scan, to name a few. My favorite, of course, is the bone marrow biopsy. The doctors seem to think anyone can endure anything for 5 minutes...even having someone drill into your hip bone with a local. I think if they ever had someone drill into their hip bone they might change their tune. But I got through it before and will again. It really was the worst pain ever including child birth. They seem to think a little Demoral this time might help. I choose to believe them at this point. I will have an entourage with me so I have back up. They have seen tremendous response in some patients with this trial so I am encouraged. The beauty of it is that if I am not responding or if the side effects are too horrible, we can stop the trial, change course and decide on a different treatment. So I will be officially in doctor world starting Friday. Ready or not...here I go! Thank you everyone for your encouragement and prayers. It helps tremendously. I so love the power of prayer. And always nice to have God on my side. ;-)