I now have a schedule for treatment. I met with Niall yesterday and we have scheduled the chemo to start next Friday. 1st time is in for an overnight stay, not sure if it is always overnight or just first time. It is called the Sutherland Day Chemo centre, seems kind of strange if it is overnight instead.
Unfortunately I didn't get into the other study he was hoping for. It still hasn't got ethical board approval and he is now not expecting it until end of Feb at the earliest, too late for me. The downside of that is that the antibody for this type of cancer is not covered by PBS. if I had breast cancer it would be but apparently I can't claim it is man boobs of the stomach desspite being the same cancer and treatment. Niall has put me into the Roche access scheme which provides a subsidy for the antibody drug. Basically the subsidised cost is close to $10k but it is the best chance so I'm doing it. The full commercial cost is closer to $ 50k so that's not a bad discount.
Everything is going well at work with AJ and everyone being very supportive.
Next week before the chemo have to have another CT scan. This is to baseline the starting point so we know how effective the treatment is. I had another lot of bloods done yesterday, I better get used to them as I think they will become a regular thing from now on.
Still feeling good and looking forward to the weekend away at Corowa.
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