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  • Continuing treatment

    Coddfish
    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...

  • First Pembrolizumab plus NAB-Paclitaxel cycle

    Coddfish
    I now have my first dose of Pembrolizumab and my first 3 doses of nab-Paclitaxel onboard. The regime seems ok so far. The chemo side effects are familiar from last year, with the bonus that I don’t need to have any steroids, or indeed anything ...

  • Back on the merry go round

    Coddfish
    Yesterday was treatment day 1. Pembrolizumab plus NAB Paclitaxel. I have been given a treatment schedule running all the way to December. There is treatment on all but 4 Fridays. The Paclitaxel has one week off in every 4 but still they are planning ...

  • Starting treatment again

    Coddfish
    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

    Coddfish
    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...
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