A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  • 2022 Year in Review

    Given it’s the time of year when people produce lists of favourite films, TV shows etc, I thought I would create a list review of my cancer treatment. In the time honoured way of starting with the one I least liked, and moving onto the one I mo...
  • Microwave Ablation of liver lesion

    I had the final step of my current treatment plan yesterday - a liver biopsy followed by microwave ablation of the lesion.  The consultant interventional radiologist who was going to do the operation wanted me to be in hospital as an in patient ...
  • Nothing to see here

    Given my recent luck, it’s quite unusual for an investigation to result in there being nothing to be concerned about. Today was my first appointment in the diabetes and endocrinology department for the follow up on my adrenal incidentaloma. It ...
  • Radiotherapy after effects

    I am grateful that the protocol for breast cancer is now 5 days of treatment - I know people who had 15 days of treatment relatively recently, and people who had 5 or 6 weeks further back in time. Modern linear accelerators are able to deliver h...
  • Radiotherapy

    I have had the first 2 of 5 sessions of radiotherapy. It should have been 3, but linac5 (which I am booked on) decided to break down today, before my appointment.  The linear accelerators at my hospital are fairly new. Large, white machines. Big...