Dears, Val is in Montana visiting her dad, Miles; her sister, Sandy; and her mother, Betty, who is very sick with pancreatic cancer. Miles and Sandy (and Val’s sister Jane, and other visiting family) have been taking good care of Betty. Everyone is very tired and sad, and glad to Continue Reading
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Dears, just a quick note to say we are fine. Val had a gorgeous desert adventure (even if she didn’t bring me a chuckwalla) and her tough and tender body was able to carry her scrambling over rocks and up some trails. She wore herself out but in such beautiful Continue Reading
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Val started treatment this past Monday: daily Tarceva pills and a biweekly infusion of MM-121. She’s been very fatigued all week but apparently this treatment doesn’t typically increase fatigue, so that could be just cumulative exhaustion plus a busy social schedule. The predicted, uncomfortable, acne-like rash has not yet made Continue Reading