{"id":4671,"date":"2013-06-21T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T18:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcrc4.com\/?p=4671"},"modified":"2013-09-28T10:09:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T10:09:25","slug":"week-in-duderstadt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcrc4.com\/?p=4671","title":{"rendered":"Week in Duderstadt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20130621-200501.jpg\"<\/a>Another week of intensive immuno therapies and intense local hyperthermia treatments is over. The weather in Duderstadt was great and I feel better than ever, even though Prof. Vogl’s latest radiology report makes for some grim reading. I may not understand medical german all that well, but phrases like Grosse Progression are hard to miss. Still lets not dwell on that.<\/p>\n

I arrived in Duderstadt on Sunday and started the first therapy with Dr. Nesselhut the following day. Pretty much the same routine as last time, with one major difference:<\/p>\n

Monday – Newcastle Disease Virus, Local Hyperthermia
\nTuesday – Newcastle Disease Virus, Local Hyperthermia
\nWednesday – Dendritic Cell Vaccine, Interleukin-2 injection, Local Hyperthermia
\nThursday – Zometa, Local Hyperthermia, Ozone
\nFriday – Zometa, Local Hyperthermia, Ozone, Interleukin-2 injection, donor gamma-delta cells.<\/p>\n

Unlike last month, where I was quite sick with bad flu like symptoms, this time I had no reaction to the Dendritic Vaccine. Everything this month has been easier. Can’t explain it, but I like to think that this is a good sign and not a mere build up of tolerance to the treatments.<\/p>\n

Friday (today), I received a transfusion of gamma-delta cells. This is new. These were harvested from a healthy donor, (most likely one of the nurses at the clinic, but they would not tell me which one) and cultured in a lab. Over 200 million cells were infused over about 40 minutes. So far no reaction to the gamma-delta infusion, though I feel a litle more tired than usual. I don’t expect an adverse reaction however as this is not typical for this treatment.<\/p>\n

Finishing the day with 6 IVs that I am doing in the hotel room as I write this and tomorrow I go back home to spend a week with my family. I was planning on two weeks initially, but I don’t think that I can afford such a long break from treatments. I would like to also squeeze in 2DG this month. (This has me excited, but more on that next time.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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