Running out of Options

My treatment with Daratumumab has been severe and and yet not working. This blog was supposed to be about the transplant.  It is likely that these drugs, to get my myeloma under control, my not get me to the transplant.

We should know more this Tuesday after another appointment with my oncologist.

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  1. AnonymousDecember 17, 2017 at 6:13 PM

    Still, I keep hoping for some sort of good news. I can't help it. I will keep hoping. Please rest, eat, and take care.

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  2. UnknownDecember 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM

    Thinking of you and your family. I hope there is better news Tuesday.

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  3. ClancyDecember 17, 2017 at 9:20 PM

    I am holding on with hope as well. Hopefully there are some other drugs available to you that
    will lower your counts. I know you have confidence in your doctors and we will all rely on them to find the right combinations of drugs to get things under control. Keeping you in my prayers as well!
    Clancy

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  4. UnknownDecember 17, 2017 at 9:32 PM

    I think of you and Rose nearly every day, especially as this blog fell silent. I hesitate to call: I'm sure that the phone rings way too often as it is.

    Such times we had, in Tampa, and when you went to Washington and me to Vermont. Somewhere I have (and it will turn up one day) that great picture of you standing amidst the National Cathedral gargoyles. That must have been around 1980.

    I do hope you have more time, and that you feel well enough to spend it with people who love you, and as many as possible.

    I had no success the last time I tried to put a note here. Perhaps this attempt will post.

    Love to you both,

    Lynn

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  5. Jeff HDecember 18, 2017 at 9:34 AM

    Hi Bob, If this were a baseball game, I don't think you would give up. Your fans, like me, are not giving up now. It just takes one good hit with the medication. I am looking forward to a much better 2018 for you and your family than 2017 has been. If there is anything I can do for you or Rose, please let me know. Best wishes to everyone, Jeff

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  6. UnknownDecember 19, 2017 at 12:12 PM

    Hi, thank you so much for the update. You and your family are in my thoughts, prayers, hopes and positivity. I hope that there is good news today... Dorothy

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  7. Josh LJanuary 5, 2018 at 10:16 PM

    Bob, I hope that some good news has come out in the past few weeks. You have a lot of people pulling for you. Let me know if there's something I can do to help. -Josh

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  8. OCJanuary 11, 2018 at 12:07 PM

    I hope you're able to read this, Dr. Jernigan, or that somebody can read it to you.

    I use your statistical anecdotes daily in my classes. I send my students to Statpics for illustrations, and I have even sent visiting HS students armed with cameras on "distribution hunts" around the city to find YADDA or a unique bimodal or skewed distribution. They've come up with some incredible results, all thanks to you.

    And it's not just because you had some good information to pass on. It's because of who you are.

    Thanks so much for your influence. It lives on in the careers and robust experiences around the globe.

    Very, very sincerely,
    Matt Pascal

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