stopping temodar and other plans

Mark's most recent blood test showed some low nutrophil counts again, so the doctor has asked him to stop Temodar for a couple of days. We'll get another blood test on Monday to get the counts checked out again. Monday is actually our last day of radiation and they were planning on having us stop the chemo then anyway. We're planned to have a 2 week break of both drugs and treatments and will be having a MRI on March 15th followed by a consultation with UCLA on the same day. March 16th we're meeting with Dr. Liau to discuss Mark being able to participate in her dendritic cell vaccine trial. UCLA plans to have Mark start on a stronger dose (400mg) of Temodar for a 5 days on, 23 days off regimen. Depending on how things go with Dr. Liau, we're also thinking about making a visit to Duke and to UCSF, but haven't yet set the plans. If possible, we'd like to see if we can plan the trips during spring break so we can all travel together. Overall, Mark has been doing great! He really hasn't been too fatigued or nauseous. He's started training for his bike ride and has been holding up well!