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Red is the new Black - the next journey starts

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Red is the new Black - the next journey starts On these rough waters It is exactly a month since we completed our radiation and chemo. The waka has launched again into the unknown waters of the lung cancer journey Back to Bad hair day hat to start new round treatment.Depending on wig to help me with “Mullet” look So a great Valentine days reward when we attended the Whangarei Oncology unit and we were able to proceed with Immunotherapy course . Oncologist was comfortable that no new disease evident and likely some improvement in scan. So we proceeded for a 1 hour infusion, and if no significant side effects, a regular fortnightly schedule in Whangarei. The oncologist mentioned 2 years maintenance all things proceeding smoothly. Definitely enough red to go with Valentines day I have been lucky enough to be afforded compassionate access funding which appears to be a significant financial benefit. We would be unable to personally meet the cost without significant re