By Paige Maguire Monday, March 31, 2014 Loosing meso warriors Saatchi Bill VanSel1 VanSel1 Cycle 2 Day 15: Better out than in.... After a weekend of feeling vulnerable with frequent visits to the loo, Steve still felt rather agitated when we went to hospital this mornin...
By Paige Maguire Sunday, March 30, 2014 VanSel1 VanSel1 Trial Cycle 2 Days 10-14 Another unpredictable week in terms of how Steve feels - at times he has been O.K, then the stomach cramps begin, or he has to rush to the l...
By Paige Maguire Friday, March 28, 2014 Early Access to Medicine Scheme (EAMS) Saatchi Bill Early Access to Medicines Scheme and Medical Innovations (Saatchi) Bill Two exciting developments of particular interest to people with mesothelioma and other life threatening conditions for which there is no cur...
By Paige Maguire Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Selumetanib Vandetanib VanSel1 VanSel Cycle 2 Days 8-9: a small milestone A week into cycle 2 of the VanSel drug trial and we weren't sure whether Steve would be able to carry on. He had not been feeling great...
By Paige Maguire Sunday, March 23, 2014 Selumetanib Vandetanib VanSel1 VanSel clinical trial - Cycle 2 Week 1 One more dose of selumetanib tonight, and Steve will have completed the first week of cycle 2 in the VanSel drug trail. If I had to describe...
By Paige Maguire Friday, March 21, 2014 Early Access to Medicine Scheme (EAMS) The Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) Announcement from the UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: " The Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) aim...
By Paige Maguire Monday, March 17, 2014 Selumetanib Vandetanib VanSel1 VanSel 1 drug trial - Cycle 2 Day 1 : Good to go! Just a brief update to let you know that Steve's ECG, bloods, other observations and physical examination this morning were good, so he...
By Paige Maguire Sunday, March 16, 2014 Early Access to Medicine scheme Saatchi Bill Selumetanib Vandetanib VanSel1 VanSel Early Phase drug trial - Day 42 and the end of cycle 1 One more dose of selumetanib tonight and Steve will have completed the 42 day long first cycle of the VanSel 1 drug trial! He's had si...
By Paige Maguire Monday, March 10, 2014 Selumetanib Vandetanib VanSel1 Intervals We returned to hospital today after an interval of week without medication to see if Steve's heart rhythm had improved enough to allow h...
By Paige Maguire Sunday, March 9, 2014 A roller coaster of a week in a small world Having spent all of February getting used to a new routine based around twice weekly hospital visits and regulated eating and fasting times,...
By Paige Maguire Monday, March 3, 2014 Loosing meso warriors Vandetanib VanSel a birthday, a blip and another bereavement.... First of all, thank you for Steve's birthday cards, messages and good wishes. It was a low key day, with phone calls from our children,...
By Paige Maguire Saturday, March 1, 2014 David du Chemin ramblings... "Life is short" : A bridge between mesothelioma and photography Since Steve was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2009, my priority has been to support him in whatever way I can, and in the process, raise ...