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  • Very slow progress

    Coddfish
    2 days after the oncology registrar dumped the news about my liver lesion to me cold, over the telephone, I had my consenting appointment with the radiotherapy consultant. He had access to the same information as oncology, and was somewhat bemused. &...

  • Progression

    Coddfish
    I finally got the results of my CT scan today, almost 7 weeks on, and unfortunately it’s not good news. I have a lesion on my liver which they believe to be cancer. More scans required to understand it a bit more, so I am expecting to be summon...

  • A week of decisions

    Coddfish
    I have had 3 more Paclitaxel infusions since my last blog entry. The underlying pattern has remained consistent with the previous treatments. Unfortunately I have started to build up some more worrying side effects on top.  First of all, I have ...

  • Groundhog Days

    Coddfish
    I am settled into the weekly Paclitaxel cycle now, with no further incident. But it does feel like a series of groundhog days.  Wednesday afternoon infusion means around 4 hours at the hospital to get through the pre-meds, flushes, steroid and a...

  • Second Paclitaxel

    Coddfish
    Having overcome the abdominal pan and infection, I restarted weekly Paclitaxel chemo on Wednesday of last week. I persuaded them to change the anti sickness medication from something long acting, to something less all-encompassing. I hadn’t had...
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