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Talking Frankly about Living with Advanced Cancer

Cancer | Last Active: Jun 18, 2023 | Replies (508)
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@nogginquest

I wanted to let you know that I'm officially part of a phase 2 clinical trial at Johns Hopkins. It took 6000 miles of traveling to 4 different research hospitals to make it happen, but when I was selected everything moved very fast.

I go in next week for my first treatment. I will receive listeria, two immunotherapy drugs, GVAX Pancreas Vaccine, and a baby dose of chemo. We are hopeful that this treatment will show promise for metastatic pancreatic cancer.

I'm excited. I'm scared. I'm hopeful. I'm feeling all the emotions.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Sep 22, 2018

Congratulations, @nogginquest. How far do you have to travel to Johns Hopkins? Will you move there for the duration of the study? How many treatments over what period of time?
I can imagine you're experiencing the whole gamut of emotions. I for one will be interested in hearing about your journey. Please keep us posted.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Sep 23, 2018

@nogginquest

I am so pleased that you have been accepted! You certainly worked hard at finding a clinical trial and I'm pleased for you.
I can understand all of your roller coaster of emotions. I wish you well and I'm looking forward to hearing from you as you progress through the clinical trial. Will you post again?

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