Still enjoying life with cancer

  • PET scan showing something ominous in bowel

    Radiotherapy seems to have dealt a blow to the tumour on my adrenal gland without too much side effect other than fatigue.  I got a call from the pharmacist last Thursday to say that the treatment I was due to have yesterday would need to be pos...
  • Radiotherapy round 3 ahoy!

    Having been a bit apprehensive about starting radiotherapy this week I seem to have got through the first two sessions without a problem. I know that the doses will accumulate over the next 3 sessions on my adrenal gland and that my symptoms may chan...
  • Preparing for radiotherapy

    I have now survived 13 months since my diagnosis and happily looking forward to Christmas. Whilst most of my metastatic cancer is under control, I have a rather stubborn 5cm tumour on my adrenal gland. I hope to have 5 days of radiotherapy in January...
  • Ask for help when you need it don’t forget!

    Yesterday a routine call from the pharmacist prior to next week’s treatment turned into a visit to hospital visit.. My ALT was 216 and the pharmacist had decided to postpone my treatment for at least a week until this was investigated. The phar...
  • Scansiety

    This is a term my wife came up with to explain how she'd been feeling for the last week. Tomorrow I have a consultant meeting when I hope to hear the results of the MRI Head scan and CT body scan. I realise that she's more worried about it th...