Thursday, 23 July 2015

New Melanoma Blog

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The MIF have a new blog here . The doctor is in, as they say.
Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Boredom

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That thing I thought was nothing in my last post was indeed nothing. Not having cancer is nowhere near as exciting as having it. I don't...
Friday, 8 May 2015

Excitement!

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Had my yearly check-up yesterday. There is something, (probably a wart) next to my excision scar, and the dermatologist would like to cut it...
Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Don't Feed the Troll

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I see Cancer Chat are still allowing the notorious cancer board troll "Peter 12" to post silly diet advice on their boards. Peter,...
Saturday, 26 July 2014

Nothing To See Here: Taming MM

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I don't think of melanoma very often nowadays. I'm still NED, and they have so many new drugs for MM now that recurrence / stage 4 M...
Thursday, 5 December 2013

Scansol Board

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The melanoma board run by scansol is no longer being looked after by the company, and appears nowhere on Google. I have been acting as an un...
Friday, 11 October 2013

Back to NED

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As usual, my ultrasound scan yesterday showed no sign of MM, just some new scarring. They couldn't even find anything to do a fine needl...
Saturday, 21 September 2013

Another Followup, Another Lump

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So I had a bit of a lump in my armpit when I had my follow-up in London last week. An ultrasound was promised within a fortnight, but no app...
Monday, 2 September 2013

Bugger Melanoma!: My top tips for hospital stays

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Bugger Melanoma!: My top tips for hospital stays : Bring a laptop/dvd player and plenty to watch for when you're in bed and a portable m...
Friday, 9 August 2013

Melanoma International Foundation and Other Melanoma Boards

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The MIF site has grown into the best MM site on the internet now. Though US based, they have moderated out all of the altie nonsense and bib...
Sunday, 28 July 2013

Stage 4 Survivor

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I received a communication from a blogger who has survived stage 4 MM since 2009, (an increasingly common class of people since the new drug...
Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Blue Sky Day : YOU62

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Blue Sky Day by YOU62 has just been listed on i tunes- presumably amazon will follow shortly. If you buy, watch out as there are several s...
Monday, 1 July 2013

YOU 62 Single

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Christie Hospital's Young Oncology Unit has a music therapy unit attached, which is where the band  met. Peter Garner, a young stage ...
Friday, 21 June 2013

Ben's Story

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There's a new melanoma story in the In Memoriam section: Ben's story
Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Hottest Prospects

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I'm told that the hottest new prospects for MM treatment at last week's ASCO conference were thought to be: 1. Combination therapy...
Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Treatments Update

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There are so many new drugs coming through that it's hard to keep up. Here's a summary of drugs and their targets (mostly simpl...
Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Update : PD-1 drugs

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I'm told that UK trials of the new and highly promising PD1 antibodies for treatment-naive patients with advanced melanoma start in the...
Sunday, 9 June 2013

New class of melanoma drugs may be curative

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Saw in the New Scientist today that there are a number of really promising new drugs for MM coming through: Lambrolizumab and Nivolumab , w...
Thursday, 30 May 2013

Checking In

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Prompted by an email from Mark in the US, a long term Stage IV melanoma survivor (thanks to Zelboraf) who has been writing to me for a while...
Saturday, 12 January 2013

Kitchen Spammers:SolidWoodKitchens and The Kitchen Gangster

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Over on the melanoma patients board , many of the new people signing up on this site are spammers employed by kitchen companies. I ban at l...
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Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Rory's Story Update

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Rory's Story Update . A little late due to computer problems....

A Message from Stupidsville

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I received the following message from someone whose website describes her as a home-schooling mother: "I was reading on the America...
Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Sarah's Story Update

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There is an update to Sarah's story of her son's continuing battle with stage 4 MM here .
Friday, 9 November 2012

How things change

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So the lump is a hernia, and the new mole on my foot only referred for dermatologist to have a look at because of my history. No worries, I...
Thursday, 8 November 2012

Blip

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Funny mole on the sole of my foot and funny lump next to my navel, so off to the docs this morning, hopefully for reassurance. Shrugged o...