Kidney Not

  • Onco Check-in 28/01/2025

    I had my first CT scan after I stopped treatment on 17/01/25 and today I popped in to WGH Edinburgh to check-in with M.   It seems I've forgotten all my treatment management tricks.  I wore a (new) top with tight fitting sleeves and a ...
  • Three Years On. 24-Nov-2024

    3 years on and I’m still here!  I have passed the first significant immunotherapy milestone which is 2 years of treatment.  I am no longer on treatment – just watch and wait scans.  My last scan in July 2024 was 23mm. ...
  • Modify Trial Sign-off

    I had my last treatment cycle in June 2024.   I’m really relieved to have finished and looking forward to the next stage. I believe the next stage will comprise fewer trips to WGH (Western General Hospital), a return to more “no...
  • Stopping Treatment - March 2024

    How things change.  When I started immunology, I thought it was forever.  As I became more educated, I learned about the diminishing incremental benefits over time.  Also, that for some cancers there was a 2 year time limit on immunoth...
  • Embarrassing Bodies

    In November 2023 I started to itch “down there”.  It was occasional, not daily, but quite intense.  I acknowledged it and wondered whether it would reach a threshold requiring action.  Hope not! My end-of-November treatment...