Joanna,

Boy am I glad one of my friends is intellectual...while I am reading Allure and Real Simple, I have someone to keep me up on the latest news.

I'm about to start a trial on a new, similar drug that targets (in laymen's terms) two receptors instead of only one like I was on. So, as he explains it the old drug was similar to turning a light switch on and off (it turned it off) the new trial is a double wall switch. I'm going on a combination Xeloda (oral form of 5 fu officially Capectabine)) and the trial GW572016.

Start next week after a couple of pre trial tests (yuck) never had a MUGA before. Get to keep my hair this time around.

Take care, and I really do love the fact that so many people keep informed. You must have been catching up on your reading in that chamber.

Dinah