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Rachel's Vital Lung Cancer Treatment

  • Thank you all.

      13 February 2023
    Posted by: Rachel Ellis

    Update: Well, I am sitting in limbo at the moment. Waiting until the 20th of this month to see what road we will be travelling down next as far as treatment goes. As I have explained, my platelets caused a huge speed bump as far as my treatment went so far as to say, it stopped everything in its tracks. So, now platelets are up, but how far, and if they are up enough, we are yet to find out. My breathing has become harder, and is having an affect on my day to day lufe, but I will battle through. I have realised that without treatment, I do not know what path will be travelled and that is spooky..But onward and upward, not everything in life has rules you must play by. Sometimes you must make your own. So, lovely donors. We will see next week what will be happening...Immunotherapy?..or Chemo?.. or Natropathy.?..Chemo is definitely not on my list. Hence the rules of this pathway. Thank you one and all so very much, for your love and good wishes and prayers. Godbless from my Whanau and myself.

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  • Update from 16/01/23

      18 January 2023
    Posted by: Rachel Ellis

    Update on Onco/Xray appointments..The Xray looked like sum1 had eaten the bottom left side of my left lung..and the rest look like they've been splattered with cobwebby stuff...but alls ok. This time last year twas better, but thats when they all thought it was pneumonia...it has changed significantly, but things are looking up..I just need to keep doing what I am doing and keep up the hard work. If my platelets rise up like the good lord did, then we could be having treatment soon. My next appointment is in a month..so, lets get on with this party and rock it out for the next month and kick this crappy 'C' outta here or as best we can. It's not over till its over..👍😉❤️❤️❤️❤️

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  • Treatment on the 7th of December 20222

      7 December 2022
    Posted by: Rachel Ellis

    Well today, took a crazy turn, as it usually does in my crazy world. On Monday I had a scan of my chest, abdomen and pelvis. It's what they call a baseline, and it happens every 3wks, which is pretty cool, so we can see any changes or improvements to treatment (Immunotherapy). Well all of that went well, no sinister goings on, in my abdomen or pelvis..check. Awesome and praise and thank the lord..but! my blood tests, showed something strange. Why?, they don't know yet, but my platelets have done a mighty dive bomb into the swamp of, whats going on!. It seems, my immunotherapy might have disrupted the immune system. How dare it!.. my immune system, wants to fight the Immunotherapy the dufus.

    So the drop in platelets has left me unable to have my Immunotherapy treatment. Its seems, it could drop them further...ummm, no thanks. Vomiting blood is so not my thing, and I have seen it happen, while looking after my sister who had lung cancer, not a pretty bloody sight at all. So, onto predisone, starting tomorrow, 2 in the morning for the next week, then another blood test and consult with the Doc on Wednesday to see whats the haps, then more blood tests following that saga, and hope amoung hope, my platelets rise and not my weight or sugar levels. Yeah, good luck on that one. So, the haemotologist will check out my blood tests, have a squizz, talk to my onco, and wallah, we will get some results.

    In the mean time, you can all join me, in the fun of, constipation, stomach cramps, sore arms and aching legs, oh, and my fav, bleeding and bruising. Red, and blue, aren't those Xmas colours, holy moly. Crazy. All I need now is something to turn green and I'm a Christmas decoration. No, thanks just joking about the green..don't wanna turn into the she hulk. Apart from that, I shall keep the coughing to the maximum, just love it, the night dribbling to a minimum, can't tape my mouth shut, and get on with this fight..Thank you all so much for helping me, kick cancers butt. You all have a great night, I will update again soon. #cancersux.

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  • I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH, TRULY.

      25 November 2022

    As the days goes by, I am more and more overwhelmed by everyone's generosity. The amount of people who give so lovingly from their hearts is exceptional. It makes the burden on my family immensely lighter. Cancer is like holding onto a heavy rock, under water, and people like you all help turn that rock, into a pebble..So all though my breathing, is Whack and the coughing is to say the least, totally annoying and scary, especially with the blood that gets coughed up all the time...SO ANNOYING. But all of you out there in givealittle land make all the happenings a whole lot easier. My next treatment is on the 7th of December. So, I will try to go live. On behalf of myself and my family, thank you and godbless. Love to all, Rachel (Poppet) Ellis and my Whanau..

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  • THANK YOU FROM THE ELLIS WHANAU

      22 November 2022

    On behalf of my whanau and myself we wish to thank all the very kind donators towards my treatment Pembrolizumab. It is sad that I must seek help from friends, family and strangers, and if you knew me, you would know, this act is so hard for me to accept. I love to give, and find it extremely hard, to take, but due to Pharmac putting families in this situation, due to no funding, I have no option but to accept from peoples hearts and their beautiful generosity. And in turn, it makes me want to fight, not only for my family because, they are the only thing on this earth that keeps me alive and mischief. This situation, should have been detected earlier, but alas, it was not to be, but after 9mths it sadly was.

    So, to you all, I say, thank you in the most amazing way, thank you for caring, for giving, I know this is the hardest time of the year to do so, and it humbles me that you do so. I am so lucky for you all. God bless, thank you from me and my family, and we won't forget you all.

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