Paul Taylor

  • The Front Line...

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    This is where I'll be updating my progress through a course of R-DHAP, BEAM, stem-cell transplant therapy and radiotherpay between October 2009 and March 2010.

    Friday 28th May

    Got a phone call from the gastro people yesterday, it seems that my haematology specialists have intervened to get something sorted out sooner for me. Have therefore started a course of Predisolone (steroids) for Crohn's Disease today so…

  • Towing the line...

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    FormerMember

    The dreaded Hickman Line procedure under local is over and I now have a couple of new appendiges sticking out of my chest. Everything went well yesterday and even though I had to wait until late in the day for a bed it wasn't that bad.

    All in all I got myself into a bit of a nervous state and could feel myself tensing up throughout the procedure but in truth the staff were brilliant and apart from the initial anaesthetic…

  • Sticking the boot in...!

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    FormerMember

    I got my biopsy results yesterday and they showed that as well as still having NLP Hodgkins Lymphoma, I now also have "Classic" Hodgkins Lymphoma and Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.

    3 at once... I don't appear to do things by half!

    My treatment will be two or three sessions of R-DHAP chemo starting on the 26th October, one of BEAM, an autologous stem-cell transplant and radiotherapy all between…

  • Sticking the knife in...

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    FormerMember

    Well it seems a bit odd starting to write a blog at this stage but I guess it's better late than never. Here's what happened over the past 18 months to bring you up to speed:

    • 2006? - Noticed a huge lump under my arm and spoke to my doctor about it. He said "ah, it's just fat!".
    • May 2008 - started getting severe pains in my back and stomach
    • August 2008 - lung specialist noticed "the fat …