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”
Tag Archives: prostate cancer
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”
Sixty-five
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Tuesday, 14th May 2024. I awake. It is less than a week to my sixty-fifth birthday. How do I feel about being 65? Health wise [cancer]? About life in general [the state of our fucked up world]? Being 65Continue reading “Sixty-five”
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 “
7 from 10
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death 10th December 2022 -Exactly, forty six years ago my band, Berlin played a gig at Eric’s, Liverpool. 46 years on I am on another night out with three of my oldest friends. The timing is coincidental however, the four of us were also together in Eric’s all those years ago. What has changed?Continue reading “7 from 10”
Scanxiety
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death It’s that time again, blood tests, a round of scans, followed by a stressful, wait to see how much worse my cancer has become. No matter how many times I go thru this it is always the most stressful of times. SCANXIETY That wait between having a scan and receiving results it is always difficult.Continue reading “Scanxiety”
Cancer Clinical Trials
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common malignancy and second leading cause of cancer-related death amongst men in the Western World. The idea to utilise the patients’ immune system to fight tumours has revolutionized the field of anticancer therapy within the last decade. In fact, immunotherapeutic approaches have been triumphant in several highlyContinue reading “Cancer Clinical Trials”
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