Temodar
The chemotherapy drug Misty will be taking is Temodar. Its about $2000 per treatment (thank God for insurance – they pay most of it). We went to the doctor a week ago to get the OK to start this and unfortunately, we couldn’t. It seems the Hypersensitivity reaction Misty had a few weeks ago screwed up her bone marrow and was taking a while for her white blood cell count to really come up. We felt like we wasted too much time already so the Dr ordered 6 days of Neupogen injections for Misty. Neupogen stimulates the bone marrow to make more white blood cells. Anyway, this stuff worked so we are starting that treatment tonight. Its taken orally for 5 days in a row, then the rest of the month it works its magic.
Please pray with us that this treatment works and that Misty won’t get too sick from this.
What is Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a drug that keeps cells from reproducing. Cancer is basically a group of cells that are reproducing with no purpose. Chemotherapy can potentially stop some of these cells. In the process, it also kills good cells…so its not the most pleasant process usually. There is no medical cure for cancer yet – but chemotherapy has come a long way and is getting better and better. Seven years ago when Misty had her first round of cancer, this drug (Temodar) didn’t exist. Today its the #1 drug for treating brain tumors. If God continues to inspire medical researchers the way he has, in another few years, we all may just have a cure.
