Peggy,
I misread. Your brother in law is ill. We have a family friend who's
going through this right now, and doing pretty well. And he's in his
70's. Health care is improving all the time. I hope things go well for
your brother in law.
tonya
--- Sharon Siders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peggy,
>
> I certainly will pray for your brother-in-law. Sorry to hear he is
> going
> through so much.
>
> Sharon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Pike, Peggy
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:44 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: How cold does interferon have to be kept?
>
>
> Hello everyone and happy belated Easter.
>
> My refrigerator hasn't been cooling properly lately (actually for
> several
> months). A repairman looked at it last Friday. He told me the
> fridge is
> cooling about half of what it should be. Of course this concerned me
> because of the interferon. I called my vet today. She said as long
> as the
> interferon is clear and doesn't look like things are floating around
> in it
> or growing in it, it is good. I asked her how long it keeps once it
> has
> been dethawed. She said up to six months. I know we have discussed
> this
> issue before. But just in case any of you are living with an
> inefficient
> fridge, like myself, I guess not to worry hopefully. But just to be
> on the
> safe side, I went on my lunch hour today and bought a new fridge. I
> felt
> raped. Once they added this and added that it was a few hundred
> dollars
> more than the price attached to the floor model.
>
> Also, regarding interferon. My brother-in-law has melanoma. By the
> time
> they caught it, it had spread into his lymph nodes. He recently went
> through one month of chemo -- he had chemo five days each week for a
> month.
> Now they have him on interferon injections which he gives himself
> three
> times a week. The chemo made him very ill and of course he could not
> work.
> But he is doing very well on the interferon and is able to work,
> although he
> tires very easily. Just thought I'd mention that. Don't know if we
> have
> ever discussed humans and interferon. Please pray that he has good
> results
> with the interferon and chemo. Anyway, when they gave him the
> interferon to
> take home it was not very cold, just a little on the cool side.
>
> Peggy
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