So, earlier this week we met with Gopilila's new doctor - Dr Richard Penson (http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/care/adult/gyn/team_clinician.asp?id=192/) - a really easy going, friendly person and very straightforward. He told us that Gopilila's condition was erally beyond cure. However, he put her on this pill called "Tarceva" that has been used in similar conditions of metastasis - from female abdominal cancer to the lungs, but not specifically from cervical cancer to the lungs. He said that as things stand she had a few months at the most, but if the new drug worked for her it could potentially give her a few more months. Side effects of Tarceva are diarrhea, acne/rash on the face, some nausea ... Considering that we don't really have many choices, we readily accepted what he had to offer. She started taking the pill a few days ago.
In the meantime, she has also had a couple of rounds of acupuncture and a friend of a friend of Manjari Lila's came over yesterday and gave her some Reiki.
We had a wonderful visit from Malati Prabhu a few days ago and some devotees from the Boston temple stopped by for a visit too.
Monday, February 4, 2008
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