A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  • Microwave ablation recovery second time around

    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...
  • Ping! A 1 in a 1000 experience

    Despite not having confirmation of a bed, I turned up in the radiology day case unit at 8am on Tuesday for my microwave ablation of the liver. A familiar place, it’s where I had my portacath fitted, and where I had my previous (unsuccessful) mi...
  • A Valentine’s date with an MRI scanner

    I am familiar with having medical appointments on Valentine’s Day. 14th Feb 22 was when I met with the consultant breast surgeon following the biopsy I had had at the one stop breast clinic. Whilst I had been certain I had cancer, it was still ...
  • Numb

    We decided to take a short break whilst I await my appointment for a liver MRI. The ongoing slew of consequences from my immunotherapy related adverse event have been taking their toll on me physically and mentally, and I felt a change of scenery mig...
  • Microwave ablation round 2

    Oncology have come up with a new plan for me. There’s a bit of reluctance on both their part (and on mine too) to rush me back into systemic treatment. The two lesions in my liver are small and relatively stable following the Pembrolizumab. The...