A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  • 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...
  • Immunotherapy induced neuritis

    Another blog entry, another ‘itis’. Not sure how many more I can collect since that lovely time in mid September when my immune system went on the rampage against everything no longer hidden behind the PD-1/PD-L1 invisibility cloak, thank...
  • Signs of improvement

    I successfully navigated the drop to 15mg of prednisolone at the second attempt, in fact I seem to have improved my lung function over the 2 weeks at the lower dose, by relentlessly doing whatever exercise I can. Latest blood tests also suggest I hav...
  • Ground glass opacities and steroid moon face

    After almost 3 weeks back on 20mg prednisolone per day, I am disappointed to still be suffering breathlessness on moderate exertion. However the stats don’t lie. I have been regularly walking a set route at the fastest pace I can manage, using ...
  • Having a CT-pulmonary angiogram scan

    Every time I have a new procedure, I document it on here for the benefit of anyone about to have one. My most recent experience has been a CT-PA (CT - pulmonary angiogram). These are done to check all the blood vessels in the lungs when there is a su...