SubscribeAs I mentioned last week, the team running the Persephone trial have been good enough to answer some questions about Herceptin and the trial. Here they are. Even though I’m done with Herceptin, i found this really interesting. I hope you do too.
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-Why is Herceptin such a wonder drug?
Herceptin has proved to be [...]
Bah! to cancer
Breast cancer had a pop at Stephanie. It really wishes it hadn't.
Category: heart
All about Persephone
An equation
This last week has been one of those that comes my way now and again: a full working week. 9-5, Monday to Friday. People, I have no idea how you do it. I love, love, love my job, so I enjoyed every single moment of it – especially the one when a delegate awarded me [...]
Happy heart
I was at the hospital promptly at 9am for my echocardiogram, and called at 9.25 or so by a technician who was clearly fairly new to the role, but none the worse for that. (He’s the first person who’s ever asked me whether I would be more comfortable with a female technician, and while [...]
Hospital part 2: heart
I couldn’t tell you about this yesterday, because I needed to do a little bit of research, but I didn’t have herceptin because there’s a potential issue with my heart. I’m going to give you the facts, and then I’m going to tell you how I put the story together.
The facts:
- A major side [...]
A tale of two clinics
Yesterday morning, I had an appointment to see the oncologist. (I no longer say ‘my oncologist’ for the same reasons I have never said ‘my cancer’: I’m not taking ownership of something that doesn’t do me any good.) My appointment was at 9am, and I arrived at 9am, to a clinic waiting area already [...]
In a heartbeat
Yesterday morning it was off for an ECG and then to see the oncologist. In theory, the ECG was at 12 and the oncology appointment at 12.30. In fact, I had the ECG at 12.40 and saw the oncologist’s registrar at 1.45pm. Just saying, NHS, in case you’re reading.
Anyway. These were routine appointments – as [...]
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