After the first 8
days of treatment a Minimal Disease Result test was run. This test
shows how much cancer is still present. The number expected/hoped for is
less than 1%. Meg's results came back at 2.5%. This unfortunately means
a few things: 1) her body was not respodning to the chemo like
it should have been 2) she was moved from a standard risk patient to a
high risk patient 3) additional/higher dose chemo 4) higher chance of
recurrence 5) lower cure rate; down to about 80% instead of 90%. At this
point we were still trying to process her diagnosis and felt a bit
(lot) taken back by this news but still optimistic. If anyone can fight the fight....it's Megatron.
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