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427 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:25,506 Okay- 428 00:28:26,068 --> 00:28:29,379 There anything else I can get you? You want some Jello or something? 429 00:28:29,438 --> 00:28:31,076 Thank you, no. 430 00:28:33,976 --> 00:28:37,549 - Are you okay all by yourself in here? - Yes. 431 00:28:38,281 --> 00:28:40,761 Not having a lot of visitors, are you? 432 00:28:41,284 --> 00:28:42,592 None... 433 00:28:43,553 --> 00:28:44,691 ...to be precise. 434 00:28:45,021 --> 00:28:46,625 I didn't think so. 435 00:28:47,557 --> 00:28:50,504 Is there somebody you want me to call, or something? 436 00:28:51,027 --> 00:28:54,839 That won't be necessary. I don't want visitors. 437 00:28:55,298 --> 00:28:56,743 Okay- 438 00:28:56,799 --> 00:28:58,369 I'll tell you what. 439 00:28:59,335 --> 00:29:02,282 I'll come in every once in a while to see how you're doing. 440 00:29:02,338 --> 00:29:06,184 Make sure you're okay. If you need anything, you just ring. 441 00:29:06,375 --> 00:29:07,945 Thank you. 442 00:29:10,046 --> 00:29:11,252 Okay- 443 00:29:16,385 --> 00:29:17,921 You just call. 444 00:29:56,559 --> 00:29:58,061 <i>Do not forget...</i> 445 00:29:58,127 --> 00:30:01,438 <i>...that you are seeing the most interesting aspects...</i> 446 00:30:01,497 --> 00:30:05,707 <i>...of my tenure as an in-patient receiving experimental chemotherapy...</i> 447 00:30:05,768 --> 00:30:08,647 <i>...tor advanced metastatic ovarian cancer.</i> 448 00:30:10,740 --> 00:30:13,880 <i>But as I am a scholar Heel obliged...</i> 449 00:30:14,243 --> 00:30:17,656 <i>...to document what it is like here most of the time...</i> 450 00:30:17,713 --> 00:30:20,660 <i>...between the dramatic climaxes.</i> 451 00:30:21,917 --> 00:30:25,091 <i>In truth, it is like this:</i> 452 00:30:26,689 --> 00:30:29,226 You cannot imagine... 453 00:30:29,492 --> 00:30:33,406 <i>...how time can be so still.</i> 454 00:30:34,430 --> 00:30:36,501 <i>It hangs.</i> 455 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,841 <i>It weighs.</i> 456 00:30:40,202 --> 00:30:43,046 <i>And yet there is so little of it.</i> 457 00:30:43,606 --> 00:30:46,246 <i>It goes so slowly.</i> 458 00:30:47,176 --> 00:30:49,679 <i>And yet it is so scarce.</i> 459 00:30:51,981 --> 00:30:55,793 <i>If I were writing this scene it would last a full 15 minutes.</i> 460 00:30:55,851 --> 00:30:59,663 <i>I would lie here and you would sit there.</i> 461 00:31:05,094 --> 00:31:06,596 Not to worry: 462 00:31:07,897 --> 00:31:10,639 "Brevity is the soul of wit." 463 00:31:12,635 --> 00:31:14,012 But... 464 00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:18,678 ...if you think eight months of cancer treatment is tedious for all of you... 465 00:31:19,675 --> 00:31:22,485 ...consider how it feels to play my part. 466 00:31:26,282 --> 00:31:28,057 All right. 467 00:31:28,718 --> 00:31:30,994 Let's say it's Friday morning. 468 00:31:31,987 --> 00:31:34,831 "Grand rounds" is what they call it. 469 00:31:36,358 --> 00:31:37,860 Action! 470 00:31:40,629 --> 00:31:43,132 - Dr. Bearing. - Dr. Kelekian. 471 00:31:43,399 --> 00:31:44,901 How are you feeling today? 472 00:31:44,967 --> 00:31:47,140 - Fine. - Great, just great. 473 00:31:47,570 --> 00:31:48,936 Very late detection, stage is four upon admission. 474 00:31:48,937 --> 00:31:50,143 Very late detection, stage is four upon admission. 475 00:31:50,204 --> 00:31:52,878 Hexamethophosphacil with Vinplatin to potentiate. 476 00:31:53,107 --> 00:31:56,919 Hex at 300 milligrams per meter squared, Vin at 100. 477 00:31:57,378 --> 00:31:59,756 Today is cycle four, day three. 478 00:31:59,948 --> 00:32:02,155 All cycles are at the full dose. 479 00:32:02,383 --> 00:32:05,193 Primary site is here, behind the left ovary. 480 00:32:05,253 --> 00:32:07,756 Metastases are suspected in the peritoneal cavity... 481 00:32:07,822 --> 00:32:09,358 ...mainly in this area here. 482 00:32:09,524 --> 00:32:12,733 Full lymphatic involvement. At the time of first-look surgery... 483 00:32:12,827 --> 00:32:14,864 ...a large part of the tumor was de-bulked... 484 00:32:14,929 --> 00:32:17,876 ...mainly in this area here. Left and right ovaries... 485 00:32:17,932 --> 00:32:19,969 ...fallopian tubes, uterus, all out. 486 00:32:20,735 --> 00:32:22,442 Evidence of primary-site shrinkage. 487 00:32:22,503 --> 00:32:25,074 Shrinking in metastases has not been documented. 488 00:32:25,139 --> 00:32:28,484 Primary mass frankly palpable, in pelvic exam... 489 00:32:29,444 --> 00:32:30,980 ...all through here. 490 00:32:31,412 --> 00:32:34,518 Excellent command of details. Okay. 491 00:32:34,983 --> 00:32:36,860 Problem areas with Hex and Vin'? 492 00:32:36,918 --> 00:32:39,228 - Myelosuppression-- - Myelosuppression... 493 00:32:39,287 --> 00:32:41,164 ...lowering blood-cell counts. 494 00:32:41,222 --> 00:32:44,226 With this c