Last night I went to bed early with a raging sore throat and a runny nose. If anything, those symptoms are a touch worse today. I’m not complaining. I’m actually very pleased.
Those little signs indicate my immune system is kicking in and it was kickstarted when I received my first dose of Keytruda (Pembrolizumab) yesterday afternoon at Westmead Hospital.
Keytruda is one of a limited range of new immuno-oncological drugs designed to firstly tear down the protective mechanisms that cancer cells develop and then supercharge the immune system to the point where the body itself can destroy cancer at a cellular level.
I’ve joked with friends that I might be soon seen in public wearing a cape and that I have already developed the superhuman powers of night hearing and communicating with cats.
Full column here.
wtf I was certain I tipped the swans. Pissed and off but at least I’ve got 3/3 in the nrl. 2 freebie pints in the 2 weeks before last. Just living the dream….perhaps I should write a book?
I had the same problem a few weeks ago. I think in my case it was because I hadn’t out in a margin so it says no tip.
Travel advisory please. I am not taking lightly the tragedy of the latest terrorist attacks.
Our past has seen trips in close proximity to the Madrid train bombings, London train and bus bombings, Bali bombings, Japanese and Californian earthquakes, and a Queensland cyclone.
We are due to go to Barcelona in three weeks, then Portugal where fires have already ravaged the landscape, then Morocco and back to southern Spain.
I am not sure whether to be afraid of terrorists, or whether they should be afraid of me.
I’m in France 10 days from now too Lou, but I reckon one can’t let them call the shots. F#@k em.
Go anywhere, Lou it is all a matter of (bad) luck I think. Being alert and a bit of common sense goes a long way too. I’ll probably go being hit by an asteroid whilst sitting on the throne trying to finish Cervantes!
We’re a bit the same Lou. It started with the terrible fires in Canberra happening after we had left my brothers farm a few days before. Went to Indonesia to work and the bombings happened in Jakarta. Left not long before the tsunami. We were in Lebanon when Rafik Hariri was asassinated just outside the HSBC bank which just happened to be our bank. We had been at the same restaurant in Marrakech shortly before the bomb was planted there. Not so serious we were staying at Cape Gloucester in Queensland last year when quite a powerful earthquake shook the whole area. Friends always ask us to alert them where we will be so they can go in the opposite direction. Have fun in Spain, Portugal and Morocco though and don’t forget to sample some of the fabulous Moroccan wine
Good luck, Jack. I hope the treatment regime goes well.
The main reason we’re here in Canada right now is because of the wife’s mother’s health had her knee replaced yesterday and the wife will stay on for a while to look after her. Her mother’s not handling the medication well, so far.
It’s family and friends that really count at these times.
The secret to any joint replacement TO is to get up and moving and do exactly what the physio’s and quacks tell you to do and importantly keep on doing it.
And ice it at least four times a day. For at least a month post op.
Thanks, Razor – we’ll do our best to see that she does exactly that.
Great to see you are responding to treatment and a positive update is always welcomed by your fans. I was next to a bloke in Tispotal who had your problem. They modelled him a new bladder from his gut and he went home before I did, a happy man. I was in for 11days with hi temp which 6 Drs could not diagnose. My old boss (80yrs) had the same operation as the bloke next to me. The operation was a success (Westmead Tispotal) but he died of an infection. And you ARE courageous son. Don’t say dat. This is fairly invasive stuff over a quite some time now.
Old muso’s remedy for throat Bald:-
1. Mixture of apple cider vinegar/ginger/honey/lemon
2. Salt water gargle
Do all this every hour. The young bride has your throat….cleared it up
Presently, Rabbits are thrashing Mad Barnaby’s team so the house is a riot here! Trouble is Souths are too late. Doing what they did larst year…winning their larst 5 games. Waste of time/energy. Might just save Madge though.
Don’t get carried away Bassy it was only the Warriors. Now did you see the mighty Broncs against St. George!
Saints must wish they had a player like Ben Hunt!
Say again honey?
ok
Looks like smelling our farts may cure cancer Jack. Worth a whiff or 6.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/jul/14/silent-not-deadly-how-farts-cure-diseases
If that were true I would have been cured a year ago.
and between the two of us global eradication would be done and dusted
And you’d be calling me professor, not confessor Jack.
I do however have the long held ability to clear a room without any other interaction.
This reminder seems rather trite in light of the column but here goes, this is a football tip reminder.
No, it isn’t. Thanks to all for your fine comments but it is time to get your tips in. I’m in and for the EPL as well.
Hope all goes well Jack
There are a bucket load of such products in the pipeline and I agree with you – current medical practice for Cancer will be viewed the same way as we view “bleeding” today in the future.
I have a few bucks invested in Viralytics – their product might well be used for different types of cancer – but nothing like you have invested in Keytruda.
Your GP has turned you into a GP!
Go well big Jack.
Well done Mr Insider, I think you are on a winner myself from what you tell us about this new wonder drug, Keytruda. “Balls to the Wind” as they say and from us to you very best wishes. Hope it doesn’t interfere with you having your evening “tipple”?
Please, no red underpants over your trousers.
You’d have a great take off in Sydney today, blowing a gale.
Anyway much hugs and kick the C’s arse.
No, not the red. I was thinking something like this, maybe one or two sizes up:
https://www.google.com.au/search?client=safari&hl=en-au&biw=1024&bih=672&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=QZKWWdf9NIyP8wXk7KDYBg&q=+catwalk+make+model+cycling+shorts&oq=+catwalk+make+model+cycling+shorts&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.3..30i10k1.237476.247612.0.248332.18.18.0.0.0.0.443.5666.2-8j3j6.17.0….0…1.1.64.mobile-gws-img..7.8.2757.m4Y3fzTbdWQ#imgrc=v7OO6qubmSoC6M:
Oh dear, I think you’ve got your campaigns confused Jack. I don’t think they would fit you at any size option.
More seriously, I’ve told you before about my mate’s six year battle with Melanoma, and the brutality of the surgery he has suffered before getting on the Keytruda treatment. All I can say is, may the fleas of fortune invade your armpits with the incredible success he has enjoyed on the treatment to date.
Go well and think long. The money is being well spent.
Cheers, Lou.
Go well JTI. I can see you in any one of those numbers, but I was also struck by the resemblance you have to David Beckham
Thanks, Penny. I’m a bit more buff than David but the similarity is there.
Hehe – and Becks wont age as well as you!
More buff than Beckham hey??
Be still my beating heart…..💙 hehe
Stay strong JTI, you’ll knock this out of the park mate.
My best, Bella