If one more person says “you’ve got this” or “you are so strong”, I think I might floor them. The other day, someone at the swimming pool told me she wouldn’t have been able to cope if she had had all the issues I ...
Seven and a half months of prednisolone and still going. I had been warned the latter stages were the hard bit. At the beginning, on very high dosage, when I felt continually jittery and couldn’t sleep or taste anything, that was hard to imagin...
The joint at the base of the big toe on my right foot has become increasingly painful, red and inflamed over the last 4 days. I contacted the acute oncology service yesterday, but they weren’t particularly interested as I have a review with my ...
Today’s situation. Largely housebound having attempted to reduce my steroids from 2micrograms to 1 a day. Ok it’s a 50% reduction but a minuscule amount compared with the blockbuster steroid dosage I was on when this all started. Every st...
Microwave ablation is a bit like childbirth - you somehow lose the memories of the worst bits and talk yourself into it again. I have no doubt it’s a lot less invasive than a liver resection, but I don’t think the information leaflet does...
