Chemo & Immu Round 2
- November 04, 2023
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- spiros
After 1st round of chemotherapy and immunotherapy completed with no further instances I have got checked out by my Surgeon and cleared to start round 2 albeit with the chemo reduced by 15-20%.
The feedback from the surgeon for the first round is positive. Looking through the scope the cancer seems to have reduced, which is fantastic and means I will continue on this treatment for longer in the goal to reduce the need to remove my voice box.
The 2nd round started on 26 October, the 1st week has still been hard but not as...
Well ended up in hospital, didn’t expect that!
- October 18, 2023
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- spiros
So started my Chemo / Immunotherapy on 5th October and hit me much harder than I expected. For the first week I was just feeling bad, numb fingers and toes and just felt like crap, then I started to feel better.
But on the 13th my lips started to swell, I started to get rashes and...
Great News – Starting Chemo (operation avoided for the timebeing)
- October 03, 2023
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- spiros
Great news today, I am going to be able to-do the Chemo / Immunotherapy combination treatment starting on Thursday.
The Surgeon has determined that I have enough time to-do a round of treatment before having to proceed with Surgery.
Although this does not mean that the surgical removal of the larynx is off the cards, it means...
Some hope today on an alternative
- September 25, 2023
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- spiros
Ok, so some maybe good news today.
After several conversations and some positive biopsy results it looks like my Cancer maybe a good candidate to try a combination of Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy to try and reduce the cancer. There not sure if it will work and it is not a definite route yet but its looking...
News not great
- September 19, 2023
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- spiros
So to recap, went to the surgeon last Wednesday for a check-up, a Pet Scan on Thursday, Confirm Cancer on Friday, Biopsy on Monday, Head and Neck clinic on Tuesday.
After all this we are now at a point of having a probable path for treatment although there are a few things to iron out before...
Cancer Update Wednesday 13 September.
- September 13, 2023
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- spiros
So after a few months away and now making an announcement professionally about where I am at, here is a quick update on where the cancer is at.
As of Wednesday 13-9 it looks like I likely have Cancer again. Thursday they will do a PET scan and then have a Biopsy scheduled for Monday. If...
Announcement about my Work Life
- September 13, 2023
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- spiros
Hello,
Please excuse the broadcast nature of this communication. This has taken much thought and deliberation.
Over the next month or so, I will be stepping away from all work for a period of at least two years. The reason for this is to focus 100% on my health and my family.
As you know I have now...
Cancer update
- March 18, 2023
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- spiros
Well its been well over three months since my last update and it feels like its been a real busy time with many ups and downs, too many to mention all here and the overall summary ends up in a similar place to where I was when I wrote the last update.
I suppose the big...
Cancer update 16 weeks
- November 05, 2022
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- spiros
When I wrote my last update things day-to-day were not that great, and were quite shit mainly due to the inability to stop saliva being over generated in my mouth when ever I did any movement like walking upstairs or driving a car. The result was it would just flow uncontrollably out of my mouth....
9 week update
- September 14, 2022
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- spiros
It is now 9 weeks since my operation, not much has changed since my last update and all I can say about recovery is its slow.
How I feelI am feeling ok, I seem to be tired a lot and sleep seems to be excessive or not enough. In my last update I said was confident...
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