Next steps

Quick summary of oncologist consultation: My best course of treatment seems to be getting into a clinical trial. My favorite choice is to join a trial at MD Anderson, but first genetic testing must show that I am eligible for the trial. I don’t know how long genetic testing takes at MD Anderson (they have requested tissue samples from my biopsy already), but at Baylor it takes 6-8 weeks. The danger is that my liver function declines so much between now and the time genetic testing is complete that I have to start chemotherapy. Undergoing chemotherapy, however, would make me ineligible for a clinical trial. So, the hope now is that:

1) My liver continues to function well until genetic testing is complete;

2) Genetic testing shows that I am eligible for clinical trial at Anderson;

Or

1)    If I have to start chemotherapy and am unable to enter clinical trial, the FDA approves trial drugs for general use very soon.

There are a few other complicating details, but this is the gist. Thanks for all of your warm wishes, positive thoughts, prayers, and love.