the mayo clinic had a clinical trial on now you qualify if there has been pc in your family and you have pc now. my husband passed away on Feb 4/08 from this disease. He took twelve weeks of gemzar and at first had good results. Don't eat alot of sugar but when you take chemo it seems to hurt your protein levels and Don craved chicken it's the protein creatine that the body lacks. Don had chicken 5 days a week and I added protein powder to any meal I could. My prayers are with you all and I can only state the same spend as much time with your loved one as possible. We were fortunate Don remained lucid, pain free, mobile eating well but it doesn't always happen that way.