The oncologist went to bat for K with the insurance company, and performed a small miracle of sorts. She got approval for the mega-expensive Tarceva drug. This is a biological drug, it works on the DNA of some cancers and stops them from over-replicating. There has been basically no hard evidence that it is effective against the cancer we are fighting. So while the consensus was that he should try it, I honestly didn't think it would come to be.
But the prescription has been sitting at the pharmacy for almost a week. Why? K doesn't want to change anything right now. Doesn't want to tackle a new drug, doesn't want to deal with the ugly acne rash that almost always goes along with this drug. On the one hand, I understand. But I'm watching this tumor on the side of his face grow larger and larger over the course of a few weeks. Or maybe it isn't, maybe it is only growing larger in my mind. And I just want him to take the damn drug. Take it now. The sooner we know if it works, the sooner he can stop.
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