Hey Mike, DebJr. here again... GREAT NEWS!! See, there really IS hope, so you just have to give in a little and hang on to it...
What an amazing turnaround... just last weekend everything seemed so down for your dad and now look. It actually gives me a little more hope too, since as you know my dad's case is similar to yours. I also wanted to ask you - i am not familiar with the 'Cyclophosphamide'. Is that something new, or part of the clinical trial you spoke of?
Also, regarding the Velcade and then the Revlamid... do you know how about many cycles one might have for Velcade? (if it is working) My dad is nearing the end of his third Velcade cycle. He was also taking the Dex steriods on & off while taking the Velcade, but no longer take the Dex. Last time we were there, his latest IGA was 119 [good is anywhere 70 to 400] - and the doctor said he was still doing very well and that we would just continue what we were doing. But i forgot to ask her if he will stop the Velcade eventually or do they just keep doing it until it doesn't work anymore. And, do you know it Revlamid is very expensive and unafforable to most... like Thalidomide? (we briefly experienced that problem, but then thank god it turned out not to be a problem).
Mike, i also wrote you back on my recent post of 'Velcade & Diarreah, etc'...thanks for your replies.
Enjoy your good news & good faith!