For those of you that are interested. I got the result back from the genetic test (STRATA) that was done on the tumor cells. The mutation that was detected is KRAS G12D. It is common to have a KRAS G12 mutation in stomach cancers. I have read a little bit about it, but cannot read more. I just don’t feel good reading about anything related to this disease. I have a bad tendency to focus on the potential bad things…
For those of you that have been worried; I am doing alright. I have not posted an update for several days and I apologize for that. My energy level is very low and I’m frankly in a state where one day flows imperceptibly over to the next. This has of course a lot to do with my fatigue and condition, but it certainly does not help that the world is on pause. I cannot for the best of me remember…
Yesterday my health insurance switched over and I had my first insurance covered appointment at Moores Cancer Center at UCSD. I met with the same oncologist as I had talked to before. The plan is to get the last chemo infusion at Moores on Friday. I will probably not get Avastin (Bevacizumab) on Friday. I cannot get the next surgery before eight weeks after the last Avastin infusion, so he’d like to cut that one out on the last cycle…