A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  • 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...
  • Back on the rocks

    My immunotherapy (Pembrolizumab) related adverse reaction is the gift that keeps on giving. I have previously mentioned I was becoming short of breath upon exertion. Over the last week, the issue has worsened, to the point where I contacted the acute...
  • Navigating the rocks

    It’s been a bit of an up and down journey over the last couple of weeks.  Kidney function is slowly and steadily improving and there’s now an expectation it will return to something very close to my previous baseline. Quite how I man...
  • First sighting of dry land

    Six weeks into my immunotherapy related adverse event, I can see a path to dry land.  Kidney function is gradually improving. My creatinine is down to less than 1.5 x my baseline and the medical team still think I have further recovery potential...