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Speicher

Vice Admiral
Moderator
Simply the difference is one is more medication based than the other.
Immunotherapy users the body's immune system to identify and destroy cancer cells. It comes in more than one type. It's a more recent treatment than chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy users medication to kill cancer cells, it attacks the cells life cycle.Depending on which drug depends at which point in the cells life cycle it attacks. Unlike Immunotherapy a side effect is suppressing the immune system. Which is why you have to be a bit careful when having it.

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ab...cer-drugs-immunotherapy/what-is-immunotherapy
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/treatment/chemotherapy

Thank you for your explanation and the links. I have a blood test every four weeks prior to getting the next round of tablets. I presume they examine my red blood cell count.
 

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
Thank you for your explanation and the links. I have a blood test every four weeks prior to getting the next round of tablets. I presume they examine my red blood cell count.

I was the same normally they do FBC (full blood count) so inc white cells checking for infections, calcium , magnesium , glucose and full U&E's (Urea and Electrolytes) so checking kidney function.
 

Speicher

Vice Admiral
Moderator
I was the same normally they do FBC (full blood count) so inc white cells checking for infections, calcium , magnesium , glucose and full U&E's (Urea and Electrolytes) so checking kidney function.

Thank you.

I have been told that I will have to continue this treatment for the rest of my life, as it is "incurable but controllable".
 
A chilly, grey and very blustery day here chez Casa Reynard.

Did not have the best night's sleep, and only bagged about five hours, so feeling a bit meh today. So made myself a cuppa, took it back upstairs and spent a couple of extra hours in bed writing and doing some more admin stuff. That done, I got up and scudded through the chores. The main task of the morning was loading the crock pot with tonight's supper - I should have enough for a few days.

Had a lovely luncheon of toast, smoked mackerel, a couple of tangerines and a :cuppa:

Weather was too wild to do anything outside - even for something like clipping small wood and kindling, so I settled back to mend a pair of work jeans while watching some of the action from Cheltenham.

That was then scuppered, as the power went out shortly after four, and didn't come back till 6pm. I will probably finish mending the jeans tomorrow. I need to finish darning one hole and tack a couple of patches on. And then stitch the patches in place. So in the end, I just wrapped up warm and went for a walk, just to do something.

Now I'm waiting for the curry to finish cooking, and I shall put the rice cooker on in a moment.

I'm currently watching "Deadliest Catch"
 

Jenkins

Legendary Member
Location
Felixstowe
No snooze this afternoon in the end. Just did a bit of reading until it got too dark, made tea (gammon steak & baby potatoes), had a coffee and then did more reading with the radio on in the background. The evening's hot chocolate has already been had.

The rain hasn't reached here yet, but it's very windy and noisy thanks to the wind's hitting the house.
 

Mike_P

Legendary Member
Location
Harrogate
Yesterday postie delivered a Bluetooth receiver/ transmitter which I needed for the Bluetooth headphones. Was problematic getting then to connect yesterday and tonight they did not want to know. That was until I did the opposite to the instructions and switched the headphones to Bluetooth connect mode before switching the transmitter on. Immediate connection.
 

Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
Heck it's been windy today! At one point I actually thought I was going over, such was the speed of the wind! 😲 On arriving back home, I saw all these bits of roof slates right next to where I park my car! Imagine the damage they might've caused my car if it'd been parked there in its usual spot!

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This one is stuck in the turf. You can see the angle it landed at more in the top of the above photo! Imagine it landing like that on someone's head!🙄

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It looks like they've blown of this roof.

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Gravity Aided

Legendary Member
Location
Land of Lincoln
Heck it's been windy today! At one point I actually thought I was going over, such was the speed of the wind! 😲 On arriving back home, I saw all these bits of roof slates right next to where I park my car! Imagine the damage they might've caused my car if it'd been parked there in its usual spot!

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This one is stuck in the turf. You can see the angle it landed at more in the top of the above photo! Imagine it landing like that on someone's head!🙄

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It looks like they've blown of this roof.

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Very pretty, though, when in situ. Glad you dodged the bullet(or falling slate) on that one. I was worried the other night that rain, hail, or wind would destroy my car at the repair garage. (or a tornado) But all was well, excepting my wallet.
 
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