This screening is important, because a patient is not admitted into the program if they do not physically meet the standard required to withstand the rigors of the IL-2 treatment. In my case I should. When I participated in the Bethesda NIH program, I had to also do a tissue match before I qualified for the vaccine level into which I was admitted.
As anyone with disease can vouch, having had it every test brings its own level of anxiety not only for the ancipation that a test might indicate a relapse (curious word choice) or in this case to qualify for specialized treatments.
So now the next step is to wait for this screening to be over and a move, I hope, to the treatment level beginning in June.
My schedule for Wednesday 5/22/13. Do not have anything to eat or drink between 8:30am and 10:15am and please do not smoke cigarettes or consume caffeine between 7:30am and 10:15am in preparation for the stress test. Please also do not eat or drink anything between 11:00am and the conclusion of the CT Torso and MRI's around 6:30pm.
HD IL-2 Screening Schedule Wednesday 5/22/13
9:30am-10:15am-Stress Test
(Preparation: Nothing but water 1 hour before testing, NO caffeine or cigarettes two hours prior, wear comfortable clothing and shoes).
11:00am-11:30am
EKG, Location:
1:00pm-2:00pm
Pulmonary Function Test,
(Preparation: No inhalers 12 hours prior)
3:00pm arrival, 3:15pm-3:35pm
CT(Chest) scan,
3:50pm arrival, 4:35pm-6:30pm
MRI (abdomen, pelvis, and head) scan,
As anyone with disease can vouch, having had it every test brings its own level of anxiety not only for the ancipation that a test might indicate a relapse (curious word choice) or in this case to qualify for specialized treatments.
So now the next step is to wait for this screening to be over and a move, I hope, to the treatment level beginning in June.
My schedule for Wednesday 5/22/13. Do not have anything to eat or drink between 8:30am and 10:15am and please do not smoke cigarettes or consume caffeine between 7:30am and 10:15am in preparation for the stress test. Please also do not eat or drink anything between 11:00am and the conclusion of the CT Torso and MRI's around 6:30pm.
HD IL-2 Screening Schedule Wednesday 5/22/13
9:30am-10:15am-Stress Test
(Preparation: Nothing but water 1 hour before testing, NO caffeine or cigarettes two hours prior, wear comfortable clothing and shoes).
11:00am-11:30am
EKG, Location:
1:00pm-2:00pm
Pulmonary Function Test,
(Preparation: No inhalers 12 hours prior)
3:00pm arrival, 3:15pm-3:35pm
CT(Chest) scan,
3:50pm arrival, 4:35pm-6:30pm
MRI (abdomen, pelvis, and head) scan,
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