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Latest blog posts

• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  Oct 2023

  It’s now Oct 2023 I’ve had my third MRI now and the halo of the tumour has grown but very slightly. I’ll have my blood test for the next chemo (temozolomide) 280mg a day for five days

  W J over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  Diagnosis

  it was diagnosed as a grade 3 strocytoma cdkn2a/2b

  W J over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  Operation Jan 2023

  So due to strikes and having a kidney stone 5mm and rushed surgery early december. I had my tumour out in jan 2023. Unfortunately only 60% was removed and it was diagnosed as a grade 3 strocytoma cdkn2a/2b. I have had radio therapy and am now on chem...

  W J over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  The diagnosis

  W J Hi I’ve put this in the welcome page but though I’d put it copied in here and my progress. I have a grade 3 astrocytoma cdkn2a/2b. I discovered or should I say symptoms began last year during covid.jan 2022. I woke up ( having o...

  W J over 2 years ago
• The tonsils have to go!

  One week post operation

  So, last time you heard from me it was the night before surgery! It’s now a week after surgery and two days since being discharged from hospital. Although I’m totally exhausted, things are going as well as can be expected. I’ve had...

  Coxey over 2 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Signs of improvement

  I successfully navigated the drop to 15mg of prednisolone at the second attempt, in fact I seem to have improved my lung function over the 2 weeks at the lower dose, by relentlessly doing whatever exercise I can. Latest blood tests also suggest I hav...

  Coddfish over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  Who am I

  I’m a north wales man of 46. I have my partner who I love and parents that are great and caring. My journey through this has only begun. And it’s with their help and support I’ll see where it leads me. Astrocytoma grade 3 idh1 mutan...

  W J over 2 years ago
• 

  One Life Live It

  Never ending story

  This week I have my 5th Zometa, that's the stuff they pump into me to keep my bones strong and, we hope, the cancer at bay.  The treatment itself is simple and straightforward and I don't usually have any side effects However, in the past few ...

  Irishgirl16 over 2 years ago
• A personal journey with advanced prostrate cancer

  the day before Chemo

  The day before I was due to have chemotherapy I had to go to the dentist as my tooth had broken the week before. I had to have a temporary filling but will need a permanent filling to replace it. The dentist offered an appointment for the same day as...

  A personal journey with advanced prostrate cancer over 2 years ago
• A personal journey with advanced prostrate cancer

  The day after tomorrow

   Last Thursday was my first round of chemotherapy for locally advanced prostate cancer. The appointment took over 5 hours, but the nurses were very good. It was good to be treated by male nurses. When the drugs were applied, I felt some tightnes...

  A personal journey with advanced prostrate cancer over 2 years ago