Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death In 2025, the focus for cancer vaccines is on continued clinical trials, particularly for personalised mRNA vaccines and therapeutic vaccines. The NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad is fast-tracking patients with head and neck cancer into an mRNA vaccine trial using technology to train theContinue reading “NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad”
Tag Archives: Immunotherapy
Sick Note Me
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. [As] my cancer has spread (metastasised) to 5 other areas, including my lungs, I completed a month, 4 weeks, 20 days (with weekends off), Radiation Therapy. At the same time commencing, for the first time, Hormone Treatment. After anContinue reading “Sick Note Me”
The ‘NHS’ Wheels Turn Slowly
Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Sick Note Me – Medical Update Advanced Prostate Cancer – Advanced to Lungs/other organs (Awaiting Further Scans to inform new treatment plan moving forward). Chronic Diabetes – Diabetic Neuropathy- Feet/legs Chronic Psoriasis/Eczema – Biweekly Immunosuppressant Injections Coronary Artery Disease – Mild MitralContinue reading “The ‘NHS’ Wheels Turn Slowly”
Sick Note Me
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. I don’t usually post, specificity, regarding my own medical conditions. However, as many of my ‘closest’ will read my blogs it can be an effective way of keeping people up-to-date. It does feel a tad impersonal, this way, andContinue reading “Sick Note Me”
Scan Season
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Living / Dying with/of Cancer Scan Blood Test Consultation Twenty-third of December Two-thousand and fifteen, what will be, nine years ago this Christmas, I was informed by my GP that I ‘probably’ had prostate cancer. My world changed. MuchContinue reading “Scan Season”
1 in 2
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. 1 in 2 – not great odds? An ‘average’ family of four, two adults, two children? Two from four will contract cancer within their lifetime. That phone call, that conversation. As a parent, the most horrific, devastating news youContinue reading “1 in 2”
Dapagliflozin
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Results day My first results since getting back from a long, six weeks in Australia. CT scans – Abdomen, Pelvis, Chest, Thorax. Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test. I have been on immune system suppressant injections for several months sinceContinue reading “Dapagliflozin”
Biologics – Psoriasis
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Psoriasis Treatments – aim to stop skin cells from growing so quickly and to remove scales. Options include creams and ointments (topical therapy), light therapy (phototherapy), and oral or injected medications. Coping with psoriasis can be a challenge, especially if the affected skin covers a large area of your body or isContinue reading “Biologics – Psoriasis”
Chronic Psoriasis
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death The most underestimated disease? Lets face it nobody is going to die from an itchy body? Well actually……. The name of the disease (psoriasis) comes from the Greek word for itch, “psora,” excessive scratching can cause bleeding, making the problem worse, leading to potential infection, even sepsis if not caught early. Psoriasis sufferersContinue reading “Chronic Psoriasis”
Metastasising – Preventing The Spreading of Cancer Cells
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Cancer Vaccines, the potential for the prevention of ‘Spreading of Cancer Cells’ are a hot topic at the moment. It seems like every week there is another newspaper and or media article on the latest, potential, miracle cure for cancer patients, a viable vaccine that prevents cancer Metastases. Cancer Vaccines [of many kinds] have beenContinue reading “Metastasising – Preventing The Spreading of Cancer Cells “
Dying to Live 