A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  • Starting treatment again

    I have a couple of appointments in my diary. On Monday, I go to see the oncologist to get the results of the various tests they did to make sure I am healthy enough to go on Pembrolizumab, and hopefully to sign consent forms. On Friday 26th May, I am...
  • Thoughts on Pembrolizumab

    Pembrolizumab has been around for a few years, but is fairly new in the world of TNBC. My oncologist doesn’t have direct personal experience of it, as she is a breast cancer oncologist, and by the sound of it I will be the hospital’s firs...
  • Progression again

    The results are in from my PET-CT scan and I do have further progression. The first metastasis to my liver, the one I had ablated in December, has grown back to fill all of the space left by the ablation. So it’s about twice the size it was in ...
  • Cancer, the gift that keeps on giving

    I had an appointment with my oncologist today to follow up on my recent CT scan and liver MRI. Initially I thought it might be good news, as my appointment was taken by the Registrar, not the lead consultant. Not so. First up, my CA15-3 was within th...
  • First Anniversary

    I have never been a huge fan of Valentine’s Day. Overpriced roses and overpriced restaurant meals. Plus I am lucky to have been in a stable and loving relationship for almost all of my adult life. Therefore it didn’t really bother me when...