A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  • Cleared by radiotherapy consultant

    I am ‘blessed’, if that’s the correct word, with a pair of 36HH breasts. The right one has a nice curving scar round the outside, where they gained access to remove the breast tumour in one direction, and 4 lymph nodes in the other ...
  • Pembrolizumab 1 - 0 Cancer

    The scores on the doors after my first 12 week block of pembrolizumab and nab-Paclitaxel are in, and it’s looking promising. The liver MRI showed some reduction in the liver lesions, and the CT scan isn’t showing anything new elsewhere. T...
  • Hope

    The immunotherapy rash settled down quickly with the various pharmacy grade products, and I was cleared to have my fourth dose of Pembrolizumab on time. I have been busy telling my body to stick out the red carpets to invite the drug into zones 6 and...
  • Immunotherapy adverse event

    I have now had 3 doses of pembrolizumab and 9 of NAB-Paclitaxel. We went away for the weekend and had a number of treats, including spending Sunday afternoon at the London athletics event. We weren’t directly in the sun, I was fairly well cover...
  • Continuing treatment

    I am now 6 weeks into my Pembrolizumab/ NAB-Paclitaxel combo. The treatment is proving relatively straightforward. Slightly achy at times and bowel issues in the form of wind and frequency of movement but not diarrhoea. If I take ibuprofen, omeprazol...