Blogging in B Minor

A good article ran this morning in the Sacramento Bee.  My neuro-oncologist, Dr. Wu and the rest of the Sutter team that have been handling my use of this experimental vaccine are now in the process of evaluting another patient who has come to Sacramento from Canada to undergo treatment using DCVax.  As the piece notes, this is only the second compassionate use case in the Sac Region – mine being the first.

It’s my prayer that the vaccine provides Johan Kruus and his family hope.  There is always hope and I can identify with what I’m certain was a long emotional process in obtaining the vaccine.  The company needs funding to conduct more trials.  It’s fundamental business – particularly if they are funding compassionate use. 

I have spoken to numerous brain tumor survivors about DCVax and the funding issues.  One in particular, Paul Gibbs, is aggressively pursuing some answers to the funding question.  He is passionate and tenacious.  There may be more to come on this here but I just haven’t had time between appointments and family time to discuss further.

I’m going to paste the SacBee article here.  After my blog started veering into a political direction, albeit slight, of limited duration and short-lived, anyone who wants to comment on healthcare can head on over to the SacBee by following this link to the Bee article and join in the debate.

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