The oncologist near my new home in Texas did not feel optimistic about standard treatment options. However, she had conducted several tests on my cancer, and transmitted a PET scan to MD Anderson Cancer Center that showed I was positive for the HER2 biomarker. That status qualified me for a clinical trial testing a promising drug called ZW25. At first, my appointment was scheduled for three weeks later, but waiting that long made me very nervous, and ultimately the medical team got me in the same week.

I had six months of chemotherapy starting in September 2021, and have been on ZW25 ever since. I go to Houston every two weeks, and the protocol includes giving blood, seeing the doctor and getting the ZW25 infusion. It takes about a day to do the whole thing. Quarterly, I do an echocardiogram and CAT scan and there has been no detection of cancer.