Matilde Hague fighting Pancreaticobiliary cancer

05/09/2025

Update
Met with MD Anderson on 5/625 No new tumors or growth. Some tumors have decreased. So it is still controlled. Took her off the chemo infusions and will continue taking the experimental drug. The two treatments combined made her very sick. Has to go back on blood thinners. Small clot by her port. Lymph node in Trachea area has increased in size so they will continue to monitor. Next appointment they will consider a localized treatment to kill off more tumors. Surgery is still not an option.
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03/30/2025

Please share with your contacts. She has gone thru all FDA approved treatments and now they are trying combinations of treatments. Insurance is no longer any help.

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03/30/2025

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03/30/2025

Sorry for not posting an update, but this double treatment has been very hard. I went back to MD Anderson the first week of March. Lots of blood work, meting with targeted therapy trial doctor, ct scan, meeting withe my main oncologist and a liver biopsy. A week before I went to Houston I had to stop the trial meds because the side effects were so bad, they were afraid that I would end up in the hospital. Oncologist was very happy with the ct scan reports and blood work. He said that the cancer is controlled and may have reduced some in size. He wants me to continue both treatments but they have backed off the dosage so I wont have such bad side effects. So far I have been able to handle both of them. I need to return to MD Anderson the first week in May and see if it is still controlled. I recently got a call from the trials team saying that the test that was done on part of the tissue from the liver biopsy came back that I am qualified for a new clinical trial treatment. If and when I will start this will be up to my main oncologist. No reason to do it now since the current treatments are working. If I have to do the clinical trials I will have to be in Houston for 10 weeks and every thee weeks after that. A total treatment time of nine months. Of course insurance will not help since it is a trial. Insurance wont even cover the pills that I am taking because they do not have FDA approval for my type of cancer. So if anyone can help out with donations it would be greatly appreciated. Keep the prayers coming.

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01/11/2025

It’s January 11, 2025. I am still fighting and beating all the odds. On December 30, 2024 I started a different type of chemotherapy. One of drugs us given by IV and the other is given over 46 hours by a pump connected to my port. This treatment is every two weeks. I have it again on January 13th. On January 8th I started taking a trial targeted therapy drug. I will continue with both treatments as long as the side effects are tolerable. On January 16th, I have a video conference call with the MD Anderson clinical trials team to discuss other available options. I get scans on March 3rd to see if the cancer has stabilized. Meanwhile I keep fighting and leave my fate in God’s hands.

12/20/2024

Ok i will try to summarize the six hours at md anderson yesterday. Very frustrating time with clinical trials team and sometime conflicting information until the clinical doctor talked me. He said he sent some trial options to my md anderson oncologist and that it would be up to the oncologist on how he wants to proceed. I met with the oncologist and he said he did not like the options that the clinical doctor suggested. He said maybe later but now. He said that I will start a different type of chemotherapy that has been approved. It will be once every two weeks and will be done in Midland. Return to MD Anderson in two months for scans and evaluate if the dosage needs to be modified. He is giving me a dosage that should not give much side effects. Meanwhile he asked the trial team to perform pre screening of a new targeted drug. They have to analyze tissue to look for a specific tumor marker. Also he has started the process to get approval for a pill that is approved for lung cancer but not my type. He thinks it will work. It takes time to get the permissions required so he has started the process so it will be available if needed in the future. Basically he is preparing to have the next treatment ready for when the chemo no longer works. I will be back home Saturday afternoon.

12/11/2024

December 19th have to be back at MD Anderson. Bloodwork, meetings with clinical trials team and the oncologist. They are going to determine if I qualify for Phase 1 clinical trials. If I get qualified, will have to spend a lot of time in Houston.

11/29/2024

It’s November 29.2024
Spoke with doctor this Wednesday afternoon. He is surprised that I am feeling so good. Some of the smaller tumors have grown a small amount. They also discovered 5 more tumors in my liver. I need to continue the medicine for now. They are trying to get approval for a different targeted therapy. They are arranging for meetings with the clinical trial department. I have to be back to speak with doctor and clinical trial team in three weeks. He wants to get something different started ASAP so it does not grow much. He is still hopeful that they can control it but it was very disappointing news.

11/09/2024

I have an appointment with local oncologist on November 12th. I had my monthly EKG on November 7th. The medicine that I am taking now can affect the heart so the EKG has to be taken once a month. In Nivember 25 i have extensive blood work, ct scan of chest and a MRI if my abdomen. The next day will meer wither the soecialist to ger an update and see what is next. Thank God that I am stiil alive. I will hopefully get to see another Christmas. I do wish that some how I could go to Ruidosa, NM in December so I could see some snow. With all the expenses piling up, there is no money for a trip. This is one part if battling cancer that is not thought about much. Things I would like to do before God says it is my time, but have to have enough energy and some how come up with some money. All the money gies to my treatments so I can stay alive a little but longer. If anyone could help out with a donation so I canngo see some snow it would be greatly appreciated. God bless everyone.

09/27/2024

It’s September 26th, 2024. Met with specialist today at MD anderson. Doctor said that the scan looked very good. One of the two remaining tumors on the liver appears to be dying and the other one has not grown. No new tumors. He said the large tumor that they treated 4 months ago will dissolve and that part of the liver will regrow. He does not want to do the Y-90 treatment on the remaining two tumors at this time. He is concerned that the liver might shrink and cause liver failure. Will continue the medication that she started 7 weeks ago. Will return to md anderson in about two months for testing to see how things are progressing.

09/03/2024

It is September 3,2024. Sorry for not posting an update in quite awhile. On August 2nd, I started taking a new medication that is supposed to maintain the remaining tumors on my liver. First couple if weeks I was feeling very good. Then reality set in. I am extremely fatigued and have episodes of being dizzy this last Sunday I got dizzy while going diwn the front stairs of the house and femm. Luckily, I only suffered scratches and bruises on one leg. Could have been a lot wirse. The fatigue is so strong now, that I sleep most if the time. Wake up to take my medications and to eat a luttle. All I want to di is sleep. This week I have to get my monthly EKG reading and next week I have my monthly appointment with the lical oncologist. They have me get an EKG once a month due to the medicine I am taking. It sometimes effects the heart. On September 25th, I will be at MD Anderson for testing and the following day meet with the soecialist. Hopefully, they will refer me to the radiology department to get another dose of radiation capsules inserted to kill off the remaining tumors. Thank tou for your prayers.

07/26/2024

Matilde just finished up her visit at MD Anderson. Check out her latest news

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