Change in Diagnosis!
It’s good to see a relaxed looking Dr Inscrutable as we walk into the consulting room. He’s always calm but after 7 years we’ve learned to read the degrees of calm a bit. It’s only 6 weeks since the last … Read More
Normal is a range: blood tests & numbers
Two weeks later The two week appointment shows a slight improvement in red cells from 126 to 131 (any improvement is always most welcome!), with platelets up from 294 to 300. Sadly there is no update on the paraproteins, which … Read More
More blood tests: early days on Ibrutinib but hopeful?
Another long wait in our masks next to the window in the patient overflow waiting room. We feel so vulnerable around people these days. No doubt everyone in here feels the same. We all awkwardly give each other as much … Read More
In limbo: cancer progressing but no treatment plan yet
Phone consult day. I dumbly try to take notes as the doc explains things gently but firmly. There’s good and not so good news. The proteins are up from 13.6 to 20.5, “a consistent trend”, the haemoglobin is down from … Read More
Did I speak too soon about good results? No such thing as a routine cancer appointment
For once I don’t have a sick feeling in my stomach. The last test results were solid – stable proteins at 3.3 and a chart topping 160 for the haemoglobin. In a fit of optimism I book a cheap short … Read More
In Shock at Good Blood Results
It’s blood results day. I don’t have butterflies in my stomach – more like a herd of stampeding elephants. Husband sits quietly by the telephone; I feel physically sick as the adrenalin kicks in. So much hangs on this short … Read More
Cancer Doctor faces ‘final journey’ of his own cancer
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Professor Axel Kahn spoke to France Inter about cancer having ‘caught up with him’ after all these years. He’s not unaware of the irony. He explains, “as a cancer specialist myself I know that in all likelihood I am on … Read More
Well this is new: the DVT that wasn’t
Husband woke in the early hours in agony. He was in so much pain that he struggled to breathe to tell me what was going on. An icy fist grabbed my heart as I imagined heart attack or something (he’s … Read More
5 years since diagnosis
It’s coming up to 5 years since Husband was diagnosed with cancer. Its a cliché but time goes so very quickly. He says that when he was first diagnosed he half thought he’d die within a year. He could have … Read More
Cancer Monitoring and COVID-19 Red Flags
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The Prime Minister is in hospital, the Chief Medical Officer is isolating, the Queen addressed the nation to steady nerves. Oh boy. It feels so weird that we’re living untouched in our little bubble but there are COVID cases at … Read More