The “Make My Mummy Better” campaign has
been set up to fund treatment that I am receiving
in Germany for metastatic breast cancer
Registered Charity Address:
Friends Supporting Friends
Make My Mummy Better Campaign
Old Courthouse
High Street
Fairford
Gloucestershire
GL7 4AD
Registered Charity No. 1113977
Wenesday 6th February 2008
Initial Consultation
Very cold and wet this morning. Harminder and I took a drive around the local area. Went to Tegenesse. Absolutely beautiful. Wanted to keep busy until my appointment with Dr Kopic (Oncologist) and Dr Draczynski at mid-day.
PET Scan results better than expected. The bad news was the scan showed very high levels of cancer activity. Dr Kopic stressed that the cancer was very aggressive. The pictures showed the cancer being in both breasts, underarms and lymph nodes in my neck. I pretty much new all that already. But, still very difficult to hear how aggressive it is. The great news was that my bones and organs were clear.
Dr Kopic doesn't speak much English so Dr Draczynski translated everything to me. His English was near perfect. Dr Kopic said that even though there was a lot of activity at the moment he could see an end to my cancer. He said that it would be a very “stoney” road ahead, but he really thought that I could get through this. No medical person had said that to me in the last three years. It had all been doom and gloom in the UK. I felt so positive and full of fight.
Dr Kopic talked through the treatment plan with me, which included having a double mastectomy. This came as a surprise to me as the Oncologist in England had said that it was very unlikely, if not impossible, for me to have a mastectomy as there was a strong risk that the disease would spread quicker if things were moved around during the surgical procedure. Dr Kopic said that as long as the chemo did a good job in reducing the tumors, he did not feel that it would be too risky. Yes, there was a risk, but what would be the risk of not having a mastectomy?! Dr Kopic felt that once the source, and the bulk of the disease was removed, it would be easier to tackle what was left. I have always thought that, but that's not how the medical profession see it back home.
Dr Kopic also explained how he thought Thermotherapy and Dendritic Cell Vaccine treatments (treatments not available in the UK) could also help me. I've got a really good feeling about this, especially the Dendritic Cell Vaccine. The vaccine is produced using samples of blood and tumors from my own body. This is then injected back into me. The vaccine basically re-trains my immune system to start recognising the cancer cells as abnormal cells and to destroy them.
After the consultation, Dr Draczynski took me away to have bloods taken for the chemo sensitivity tests and killer cell test. For the rest of the afternoon I was hooked up to various infusions of detoxifying suppliments, eg. Selenium and Hepa Metz, etc.
The journey to the airport was very straightforward. We went past the Munich football stadium. It was absolutely amazing, all lit up in red lights. Today was the 50th anniversary of the Munich plane crash which carried the Manchester United players. I think there were things going on at the stadium to commemorate this.
We arrived home about 1.00am in the morning. It was really good to be back home.
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