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Thursday, February 10, 2005 12:38 AM CST

Hello all. We met with Dr. Sacks today. First line, they're going to place a port. This will make all IV things easier. They've had a tough time finding veins lately, so this will make life easier overall.

Second, Dr. Spence and Dr. Sacks recommend starting tamoxifen right away while waiting for the consult with Dr. Prados at San Fransisco. Dave's counts are good right now. Platelets are 200,000 and white cells are at 2.2 (normal is 3). They said the tamoxifen shouldn't impact his counts, and it's an oral med. I will be checking with Dr. Prados's office today to make sure it's okay.

We're set to meet with Dr. Prados and/or Dr. Chang at University of California San Fransisco on March 8. Thanks to Peter's generosity with his frequent flyer miles, we'll be taking a few days before to take the kids to Disneyland. We were going to wait until spring break, but decided that Dave may be on a new chemo, so we'd like to go while he's feeling good.

Dr. Friedman from Duke called back, but during a time my cell didn't get reception, so I called him back and am waiting for his return call.

Not much other news. Thanks for keeping those prayers coming!

Love, Shelley

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