From Jenny Reed – Today was Hils first treatment at Dr Fain’s. She was in great hands and had wonderful, loving nurses helping her along. Hills had a great attitude and is ready to fight. She has her next treatment on the 20th. Dana and Paige are headed down on Thursday to be with her. The beginning of Hills second round will be at the start of January.. no date yet.
We went to a wedding in “Port A” once, and the groom called Port A the salty epicenter of hipness! I love imagining you, Charles and the kids on the Gulf Coast. Those are gorgeous photos of you. We are thinking of you all with lots of love, Xoxo Alexandra T
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IN BRIEF HIlary’s most recent diagnosis is that the cancer originated in her gallbladder and not her pancreas. Dr Javle (MDAnderson) feels strongly that this is not pancreatic cancer but that the mass in the pancreas may actually be from a lymph node which is behind the pancreas in the scan. There is also a possibility that the origin may be bile duct but the treatment is the same. In Javle’s words “This is good news. I am optimistic that we can get this under control”. Hilary will begin her treatment tomorrow, Friday, at 9:40 with Dr Fain in Austin. The chemotherapy will be Gemzar + Cisplatin. Additional scans and genetic tests are in progress to more fully complete the picture.
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