Promising..

New lung cancer drug.

Have a good evening 🍀🌝💫

Fran

[2greys]

Thanks Fran, some good news, well it is for me, having a vested interest. Hopefully I will not require it, but who knows.

[Hidden in reply to 2greys]

You are welcome 2greys. I thought of you of course but you are in remission now so I understood, you shouldn’t need it. At least we know that research is progressing successfully x

[sassy59]

Sounds promising Fran. Hope you’re doing better. Take care xxx

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Thanks Carole, I am apart from the injured nose, which the nurse had a look at and filled up with desinfectant cream!

Take care too xx

[sassy59 in reply to Hidden]

Better days to come Fran. Xxx 🤞🏼😘😘😘😘

[HungryHufflepuff in reply to Hidden]

I've missed something. What happened at your ent appointment to injure your nose? You seem to be having one ailment after another at the moment. I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks for posting the article. It will be a happy day when alternatives to chemo are the norm.

[Hidden in reply to HungryHufflepuff]

Hi HHp,

He prodded me😃He did an endoscopy and my nose was already irritated, I started bleeding etc well now I have a small wound in there.

Yes well we go through silly times 🙃

Waiting for a bit of luck 🍀🤞🍀🤞

That wheel will turn, it usually does.

Thank you HHp 🌞

Fran x

[skischool]

Looks good,but as they say they are playing catch up on others using immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer and they also indicate possibly another 7 yrs of trials so not much use for current sufferers but still a step in the right direction. x

[Hidden in reply to skischool]

Yes it names other drugs and firms. We know immunotherapy is the trend and will undoubtedly replace chemo which is toxic. Hopefully competition will lower prices..but there are trials you can enter etc..so 🤞🤞🤞

[skischool in reply to Hidden]

Ironic that the big Pharma company's,in order to stave off take overs have to diversify on different projects when working together for the benefit of mankind would be preferable.such is life.

xx

[Hidden in reply to skischool]

Unfortunately cancer is a big seller..when you consider a rare disease like LAM, only 350 women are concerned in England, 250 in France, 20 in Switzerland, those being examples, big pharma won’t mobilise for the likes of us..

[skischool in reply to Hidden]

i always said you were an outside bet Happy,they want the odds on favourites and a quick return where possible.more chance of getting treatment for Lambs in the Uk as opposed to Lams.

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[megshafer]

Great news....more and more advancements!!

Thanks Fran!!

Take good care of you!

Meg xx

[Izb1]

Hi Fran, thanks for posting, wonder why it is that this is being tried on third and fourth stages of inoperable cancers instead of early stages, at least it is a breakthrough and gives some hope to the people with this dreadful disease. How is your eye now? and what have you done to your nose? X

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Hi Irene ✨

Well they do trials on desperate cases, people who have no other solution or nothing to lose. It is sad yes. However they are the ones in need, and researchers can see if it makes a difference. I suppose anything that will give you a little longer to live if this is your choice, is worth a try.

It is the same for Sirolimus, the toxic (?) med for LAM, the only one out there, an anti-rejection drug originally..there is that debate at the moment. The Americans recommend an early treatment so I approached the subject with the local lung specialist and he literally lost it, said I’d better not count on him to give me Sirolimus, he had seen what it did to transplanted lung patients, lymphoma and skin cancer.

So I kept my mouth shut and I went back to my American Lammies and said what do you think. They said I didn’t have a transplant it was a different approach and dosage.

Anyway the day I deteriorate I will go to my LAM specialist. I have a biannual appointment, I’m going soon on Nov 7th.

Oh the eyes are in the back of my mind..Yes I must consult again but I am fed up with medical attention 😃

The nose was injured by the ENT, so I should wear a warning ⚠️ on my t-shirt I think 🤔 😂

So thank you for asking my dear Irene, you got a long story back 😉

I hope you are keeping well. Just bought some new page turners I had ordered from the English bookshop and I’m going to tuck into one, forget about it all..

Hope you are keeping well and have a pretty picture or story to tell.🌸

Love,

Fran xx