Shut the door, Richard!

Somewhere in my memory I  recall my Mom saying in a voice a few decibels higher than normal “Shut the door, Richard!”

Close the door, Richard!

I always wondered who Richard was but I did know I was receiving much more than a hint that I had left a door open to the cold or the bugs. I found out a month or so ago that my body has ‘left a door open’ or the ‘water running’ within my genes releasing a protein that my cancer needs to survive.

I found out in January that I did not have the ALK mutation I was hoping for. A several weeks later, Dr. Alice Shaw, from MGH called to say she had sent my samples in again and a HER2 mutation was found. I don’t quite understand all of the science but it seems this trial is trying to close the door (turn of the water) to keep the protein out (or in) that causes  my cancer cells to grow.

I have a CT scan a week from tomorrow that will let us know if that process has started.

In the mean time I’m trying to live my life.