I’m sat next to patients waiting on their chemotherapy treatment – the “Chemo Ward” sign above the door gives it away. I’m here for my 28-day cycle injection of Lanreotide which will hopefully keep my Neuroendocrine Tumours at bay. I look all around; the temporary beds and the waiting room are full and all I can […]
May 2024. a refurbish from some of my early work in 2015. I’m fairly sure not a lot has changed in surgery over the years. At the end of 2014, I was feeling pretty good celebrating 4 years since my first ‘big’ surgery in 2010. It prompted me to write an article Surgery – the gift […]
Here is the monthly summary of what we all achieved in April 2024. Something new, something blue and some borrowed too! Every share helps someone understand or even work towards a diagnosis, discovery of the best doctors and treatments. Every share spreads awareness and you potentially save someone’s life. One reason I am very thankful […]
“I’m only as good as my last scan”. I once received this comment in response to one of my posts. I thought it was a very pragmatic thing for someone to say. A NET patient under surveillance has regular tests at determined intervals but the one that is most likely to spot disease progression, stability […]
On 29th April 2014, I release my first post entitled “What’s it all about” i.e. why on earth am I writing a blog! It was simple in those days, I just wanted your money 🙂 I was fundraising as many diagnosed cancer patients and their supporters frequently do. In my own case, I was fundraising […]