Showing posts with label pancreatic cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pancreatic cancer. Show all posts
Tuesday, 17 December 2019

At least the eyes are ok.

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Some good news, at least, in that we went to the Eye Clinic last week to be told the the MRI of my cranium found nothing of note. The swelli...
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Sunday, 1 December 2019

Up and down

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As always, I’m starting by saying thank you to you all for your love and support, it means a lot to me. Things are a bit quiet just now with...
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Monday, 18 November 2019

Chugging on

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The main events of the last couple of weeks were an MRI scan of my head including one of the orbit, the area around the eyeball, and a follo...
Monday, 4 November 2019

Downs and ups

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It’s been a mixed few days. I was rather poorly weekend before last, I won’t go into detail but by Monday night I decided I needed checking ...
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Saturday, 26 October 2019

Plodding on

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I’ve not blogged for a bit as I’ve not got much more to say, except, as ever, to express my appreciation of all the messages of support, lov...
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Sunday, 6 October 2019

Not very good news, again

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Things take a turn for the worse, I fear. I meant to write up the blog about this earlier but just haven’t got round to it now. After having...
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Wednesday, 11 September 2019

Another little problem

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I saw the oncologist yesterday, which was good timing as things have recently started to get a bit more difficult. I won’t bore or disgust y...
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Saturday, 24 August 2019

There’s good news and then...

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I had a phone call from Kate yesterday to say that the latest biopsy finally produced some usable material for histology. Unfortunately, the...
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Tuesday, 13 August 2019

Going down for the fifth time...

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...down my throat, that is! It’s been a while, so I thought I’d do a quick catch up. Last Thursday I had my fifth endoscopy in four months, ...
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Monday, 29 July 2019

No news, probably

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The saga continues. Sometimes I have trouble remembering there was a life before this when I went boating and stuff and my contact with the ...
Friday, 19 July 2019

Good news, probably

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Nurse Kate rang me this morning with mainly good news. The MRI found no lesions in my liver and all the images over three months show no inc...
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Wednesday, 10 July 2019

A slightly pointless appointment

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I had an OP appointment on Monday afternoon, technically a follow up from my admission last month. It was a useful review of where we’re at,...
Monday, 1 July 2019

The saga continues

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Spoke to Kate the specialist nurse today. There’s good news and bad news... First off, the latest biopsy samples, one of lymph and one from ...
Monday, 24 June 2019

Nothing changes

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After having the third EUS (endoscopic ultrasound) and a PET scan, I’d been hoping to get some feedback after last Friday’s MDT case confere...
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Tuesday, 18 June 2019

Private investigations*

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Thought I should do a quick catch up since it’s been a while. Turned out I was still to have a third EUS, this time by the senior consultan...
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Thursday, 6 June 2019

Out on licence

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I’ve been given time off for good behaviour and sent home. I knew it was looking good when Nurse Rose came into my room yesterday morning an...
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Sunday, 2 June 2019

Living in limbo

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Well, here I am banged up in the Royal Derby for an undisclosed term. No, it’s not a sudden deterioration, it’s another twist of the waiting...
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Sunday, 26 May 2019

Thank you, everyone

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The main reason for this post is to say a heartfelt thank you from Sheila and myself for all the messages of support we’ve been receiving by...
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Friday, 17 May 2019

A change to the advertised programme

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I’ve been having a few months of back pain, responding to paracetamol and exercise but not going away. At diabetic review a couple of months...
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