The plan was for him to be off the steroids for one cycle and then reintroduce at a lower dose. When we learned the m-spike was up we thought…"well he needs the steroids after all". No problem, he's been taking 20mg for the past month.
On Friday, January 30, we went for the next follow-up and from the labs they drew we'll find out if the lower steroid dose is working. If his m-spike is up then he will be dropped from the trial. They won't increase it back up to 40mg, according to the clinical trial protocols.
If that is the case then we will see if our health insurance will pay for the pomalidomide; and have him take it with the 40mg of dexamethasone. If it works WONDERFUL, if it doesn't it means the pomalidmoide is no longer working and he'll have to try something new.
We will know in about a week. Hopefully!
Please pray for Rosemary and her kids, her time is short. Pray for Natalie, Julie, Earl, Tana, Maricella, Jim and Skip.
Love Mrs. L
