I'm a failure... not!

Health - first, I'm a failure. I failed a clinical trial, so that the drugs with the cool names of GDC-0973 and GDC-0941, while giving me acne, diarrhea and nausea, were not able to cure me. Well, then we tried something conventional unconventionally... According to the current ASCO guidelines, cetuximab does not work on KRAS-mutated tumors, period, end of story. Of course, cetuximab is expensive, so profit-driven insurance companies won't pay for the treatment that shouldn't work. However, thanks to Mr.Romney's CommonwealthCare and this one publication my oncologist and I got hope that my codon 13-mutated tumor might actually respond. And it did! My marker went down by the factor of 3x.

I'm super happy and took a week off chemo to celebrate. First, I played in the Boston Tango Jam. The next day ¡O, gnat! had a big concert And now I'm in beautiful Holyoke attending workshops with the wonderful Nick and Diana. Mark your calendars for April 1st! ¡O, gnat! will be playing a huge concert at Boston Alternative Milonga!