The decision has been made. I hope Korea won't be too cold.
There are no current/open clinical trials going on in the US that is what Dr. Moon is using as treatment. There are a couple of trials like: Combination Chemotherapy plus Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients with Lung Cancer. But, for example, that one is an active trial (since 1999) but is not currently recruiting.
If you're interested in clinical trials, most of them are listed on: www.clinicaltrials.gov. If a research facility, university, clinic, etc. is looking for FDA, etc. approvals, they must list via this site. Hubby works for a company that makes heart devices for the medical industry and all of their studies must be listed and have an "NCT" indentifier number through this site.
We've researched and learned a WHOLE LOT about all of this. Much more than I ever thought my most incapable brain cells could handle. But like I've told Mom... I've come full-circle on this now. I can honestly say that we've all done our due dilligence and can find no reason NOT to go to Korea. It seems that most folks come home with, at least, more strength and hopefully more time. I don't know that this treatment is an actual "CURE FOR CANCER"! but... if Mom has more strength and time, then we can look into the hundreds of current/open "targeted-drug" trials here in the US when she gets back.
So. We now need to get the OK to go-over date from Nicole (w/Goodgene) and then book the flights. Don't know what Christmastime is like in Korea and if there will be much treatment scheduled during that time, so we may end up having to wait until January. But we'll wait and see what she says. Then we just have to deal with a very uncomfortable flight for Mom. I will be sure to pour a lot of Tylenol PM into her soda prior to take-off. <---- (don't read that part, Mom). ;-)
The next best hope? Not here, right now, at the moment. Is it in Korea? I sure hope so. It's hard not to be skeptical... and yet, so hopeful. There is something inside that feels that this is the "right" way to turn now. Remember all those roads I so oddly keeping talking about?? It appears that this is definitely one of them.
And which way will you go?
Whichever way it is... just be sure to look at a map first.
