Uncategorized Archives - Heal Write Now for Trauma Survivors & Adults Abused as Children https://healwritenow.com Writing & Inspiration to Heal Trauma Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:56:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.5 Medical Update: The Windy Path https://healwritenow.com/medical-update-the-windy-path/ https://healwritenow.com/medical-update-the-windy-path/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:56:53 +0000 https://healwritenow.com/?p=5614 I’ve not posted since late June and a lot has been happening. This is going to be a series of updates with free-writes and photos because I’m not sure how to capture everything in an informative and linear way. It’s going to be a series of posts because it’s been a lot and it’s too […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/medical-update-the-windy-path/feed/ 0 Update & Free Write https://healwritenow.com/update-free-write/ https://healwritenow.com/update-free-write/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:13:17 +0000 https://healwritenow.com/?p=5601 A lot has been happening in the last few weeks. I came off the Regeneron trial one day and the next was talking to a radiation oncologist and planning for treatment to shrink a growing lymph node above my left clavicle bone). Within a week I was getting fitted for a radiation mask during what’s […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/update-free-write/feed/ 7 REGN4018 Clinical Trial for Ovarian Cancer: Week 15 (Patient Perspective) https://healwritenow.com/regn4018-clinical-trial-for-ovarian-cancer-week-15-patient-perspective/ https://healwritenow.com/regn4018-clinical-trial-for-ovarian-cancer-week-15-patient-perspective/#respond Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:56:52 +0000 https://healwritenow.com/?p=5594 My cancer is back and while I was told I would be able to get the second immunotherapy drug, Cemiplimab, when I progressed, because the protocol was changing to allow that option, when I actually needed it because I progressed, I was denied. I don’t know if it’s because the protocol has not formally changed […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/regn4018-clinical-trial-for-ovarian-cancer-week-15-patient-perspective/feed/ 0 Murky Moment Update: Week 11 of the REGN4018 Clinical Trial for Ovarian Cancer https://healwritenow.com/murky-moment-update-week-11-of-the-regn4018-clinical-trial-for-ovarian-cancer/ https://healwritenow.com/murky-moment-update-week-11-of-the-regn4018-clinical-trial-for-ovarian-cancer/#comments Wed, 04 May 2022 23:17:05 +0000 https://healwritenow.com/?p=5587 It’s been 11 weeks since the trial started and unfortunately my CA-125 (a tumor marker) is rising AND I have a visibly enlarged lymph node in my lower neck (above clavicle). I have a PET CT this week, moved up a bit from next week. The results of that will determine what comes next. Some […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/murky-moment-update-week-11-of-the-regn4018-clinical-trial-for-ovarian-cancer/feed/ 5 Reflections on Coping: The 1st Six Weeks of the REGN4018 Clinical Trial for Ovarian Cancer (3 of 3 – April 2022) https://healwritenow.com/reflections-on-coping-the-1st-six-weeks-of-the-regn4018-clinical-trial-for-ovarian-cancer-3-of-3-april-2022/ https://healwritenow.com/reflections-on-coping-the-1st-six-weeks-of-the-regn4018-clinical-trial-for-ovarian-cancer-3-of-3-april-2022/#respond Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:18:03 +0000 https://healwritenow.com/?p=5558 April 2022 How many days did you think you might die during the trial?” my friend Kathy asked when we sat at a smoothie place seeing each other for the first time socially, in public, in months. Too many,” I said. “It was intense. The only other time I felt that way was at the […]

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