We had a message from Dr. Feldman this morning. He had talked to Dr. Vincent Picozzi at Virginia Mason here in Seattle. Dr. Picozzi has been investigating immune therapies for pancreas cancer. Dr. Feldman did caution that all investigational studies are unproven. But that is how they come up with cures, so even if it doesn’t cure the current patient, it might help find a cure in the future.

Dr. Feldman told us to contact Dr. Picozzi’s office for an appointment and that he had put through the referral. I immediately called and left a message. The nurse navigator for pancreatic cancer at Virginia Mason called back a couple of hours later. We have an appointment on Thursday afternoon! I was amazed at how quickly we were able to get in.

There is no guarantee that Darrel will qualify for a study, but we can hope. I imagine it will depend on several things, like how far progressed his cancer is and where they are in their studies. I am hoping his good health so far will help.

I will post again after we have the appointment.