Hey Pam,
The PEG man (gastroenterologist) saw white patches and he communicated that to the RO. There was nothing on the pet, then again you need a sufficient cell mass for it to show up. Realistically, it was just a suspicion without any additional biopsy. For all we know it may just have been leukoplakia. Whatever this was, all of that is gone now. Widening the filed was the conservative thing to do.

Re mice. I used to work with mice in the lab eons ago. (basically the type of mice they use to make MAB's... ie. Erbitux). I would suspect that this is very very rare and you also need a specific mouse strain. We told the MO that I "might" be allergic... call this paranioa on my side (I just hate to be right). So we agreed on a small trial dose, which did not happen. In any case if you get Erbitux or anything else (chemo) the first time you want to be careful.

MD wife... it is very handy but can also be a problem. When you take her to visits the physicians tend to talk with her ... not me. WTH! So we stopped that and I went by myself (.... after some discussions..). Also, when they (MD-wife) are not upbeat, you just know that now you are going to kick the bucket!

M