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  • Plan B

    Consultation today. 

    Response to treatment to date has been very good. If you ignore that husband was previously fit and healthy. 

    If one ignores that the treatment tried to kill my husband faster than Kevin could. 1st treatment induced Pulmonary Embolism. 2nd was mouth ulcers and throat so sore he couldn't eat and struggled to take fluid and needed 5 days as in patient to manage the symptoms. 

    After a month of no treatment…

  • Bad start to met treatment

    So a tough start.

    1st chemo round started 2nd June. Tuesday. 

    Infusion Cetuximab, Irinotecan with 5FU and folinic acid. FOLFIRI. 

    By Sunday breathing further deteriorated.  Red card said call 111. Ambo. Hospital. X-ray and bloods. PE clot. Ok. Another pill to take.

    Roll on to Thursday 11 June. Bad mouth ulcers/sores. Mouthwash prescribed. Consultation, skip a week to recover then go again on a lower dose. 

    So 23rd June took…

  • 13 years later

    Well if you made it through the last tranche of my letting off steam verbosity, I/we are back. 

    Bob buggered off as far as we knew for a goodly while. But he got busy as we discovered recently. 

    Husband got a cough December 2025. Between work and anima apps couldn't get GP appointment. Even turned up in person and got told to use app. 

    He worked through till end of Apri 2026 then called 111. A&E. X-ray. Opacity on lung…

  • Bob made a Kevin

    Well if you made it through the last tranche of my letting off steam verbosity, I/we are back. 

    Bob buggered off as far as we knew for a goodly while. But he got busy as we discovered recently. 

    Husband got a cough December 2025. Between work and anima apps couldn't get GP appointment. Even turned up in person and got told to use app. 

    He worked through till end of Apri 2026 then called 111. A&E. X-ray. Opacity on lung…

  • Bye bye big C

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    I have pleasure in writing to inform you that your recent scan results have been reviewed and confirm  that all is normal. 

    4 weeks after the scan we figured all was ok. Bad news travels faster. But good to see in writing.

    So life 2 years on  - Loperamide is a store cupboard basic. Habits change frequently.

    We made a holiday abroad - beware of air pressure  changes during flight. . . 

    I'm am a  wife - not a widow. 

    Thank…