a day at the doctors!!

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HI FOLKS, GEE, WHEN I GOT UP TODAY I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST TAKE A BREAK AFTER

YESTERDAY.

BUT DR. TALPAZ HAD OTHER PLANS, FIRST HE WANTED ANOTHER GLUCOSE TEST.

THEN HIS TRIAL NURSE CALLED AND INSISTED I GET AN ULTRA SOUND DONE, TODAY!

SURE, EVERY CARDIO/VASC. DEPT CAN TAKE YOU ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT! SO I

CALLED MY GP AND LAID IT ON THICK ABOUT BEING IN THIS TRIAL FOR LEUKEMIA, AND

THEY TOLD ME TO COME RIGHT IN. WELL, I ALSO HAVE HAD THE SNEEZES AND A RUNNY

NOSE, SO ENDED UP HAVEING TO HAVE A STEROID BREATHING TREATMENT, AS I HAVE A

BRONCHIAL CONDITION. BUT HE ALSO MANAGED TO GET ME IN TO GET THE ULTRA SOUND ON

THE LEGS DONE.

WHAT WAS FUNNY, I WALKED IN THE BUILDING, BUT THE LEGS HURT SO BAD, I COULD

NOT WALK OUT, AND GO INTO THE HOSPITAL NEXT DOOR FOR THE ULTRA SOUND. SO HIS

HURSE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, AND BROUGHT ME, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE ONLY WHEEL

CHAIR THERE, PROMISING TO RETURN IT RIGHT AWAY.

SHE THEN WHEELED ME TO THE HOSPITAL , REGISTRATION, AND UP TO CARDIO, WITH THE

PINK LADY YELLING, I NEED THAT WHEEL CHAIR, ALL THE REST ARE GONE, BRING IT

BACK!! HA HA! I GLUED MY BUTT TO THAT CHAIR, EVEN HAD THEM ROLL IT INTO THE

ROOM WHEN THEY DID THE ULTRASOUND. DR. TALPAZ WAS WORRIED ABOUT A CLOT, BECAUSE

OF ALL THE PAIN. WELL, GOOD NEWS. NO CLOTS! THEN THEY HAD TO GET ONE OF THEIR

NURSES TO ROLL ME OUT OF THERE, AND BACK DOWN TO THE PARKING LOT TO MY CAR. AND

I AM ON MORE STEROIDS, AND SOME KIND OF INHALATOR, MY TONGUE IS NUMB , I CAN'T

TASTE FOOD, AND WATER SURE TASTES BAD, AND THAT'S LIFE. BOBBY

a (Bobby) Doyle

Brecksville, Ohio, USA

DX 05/1995

02/2000 - Gleevec Trial/OHSU

06/2002 - Gleevec/Trisenox Trial/OHSU

06/2003 - Gleevec/Zarnestra Trial/OHSU

04/2004 - Sprycel Trial/MDACC, CCR in 10 months

#840 - Zavie's Zero Club

09/2006 - out of CCR

04/29/08 - XL228 Trial/ U.of Michigan