infections

28Apr2022

Five years of living with blood cancer uncertainty: No longer desolate. The battle between hope and reality

Another year has passed. Today is the anniversary, not of my actual diagnosis with blood cancer (that came 22 long days later), but rather the day I b…

Just how bad is my immune system? How immunocompromised am I?

Adrian Warnock

22Apr2021

Just how bad is my immune system? How immunocompromised am I?

Blood tests which predict Immune System function and what they mean Individual medical advice is required to adapt these general comments to your clin…

What can I do to live longer with blood cancer?

Adrian Warnock

9Nov2020

What can I do to live longer with blood cancer?

What can we do to improve our chances of living for many years after a blood cancer diagnosis? Covers accepting treatment, healthy living, and mental health.

FCR Treatment Diary – an unexpected hospital admission

Adrian Warnock

22Oct2020

FCR Treatment Diary – an unexpected hospital admission

This is a continuation of a warts and all diary of my FCR treatment which happened two years ago and is now being published on the open web for the fi…

Staying safe from Covid19 as lockdown eases

Adrian Warnock

7Aug2020

Staying safe from Covid19 as lockdown eases

"I do not think many of us will be going clubbing just yet" How to stay safe as COVID lockdowns ease.

Dealing with the threefold tyranny of a damaged immune system (Infections, Inflammation, Fatigue)

Adrian Warnock

11Jul2020

Dealing with the threefold tyranny of a damaged immune system (Infections, Inflammation, Fatigue)

What can we do when cancer and chemo have led to a trail of destruction in our immune systems?

Antibodies (immunoglobulins) for dummies

Blood Cancer for Dummies

23Jun2020

Antibodies (immunoglobulins) for dummies

Wait, what do antibodies have to do with blood cancer? A lot as it turns out. Many blood cancers are of a type of lymphocyte called a b-cell. The prim…

Adrian Warnock

17Jun2020

A hospital admission in the COVID19 era

Just over three weeks ago I woke in the night with symptoms of severe asthma along with itchy skin and nose. For some reason health crises often seem …

Blood Cancer for Dummies

8Jun2020

Viruses for dummies – corona edition

"Know yourself, know your enemy and you shall win a hundred battles without loss" was one of the tenets of Sun Tzu's Chinese military treatise, "The A…

Shielders advised they are safe to go out once a day

Adrian Warnock

1Jun2020

Shielders advised they are safe to go out once a day

Our lockdown has been extreme. So the news that from tomorrow we might be OK to think about going out for a walk once a day is in many ways welcome. A…

Adrian Warnock

29May2020

How the immune system works

Blood cancer is a disease of the immune system. The very cells in the body that are meant to protect us from invaders have turned against us. And the …

Corona Hope: Oxford Vaccine & things WE can do

Adrian Warnock

28May2020

Corona Hope: Oxford Vaccine & things WE can do

$1 billion gamble? Or the miracle we are all waiting for? We are in a war more deadly than anything else in most of our lifetimes. Arguably the effect…

A blood cancer tsunami hit me three years ago today

Adrian Warnock

20May2020

A blood cancer tsunami hit me three years ago today

I wake this morning feeling very sober. But also very glad to be alive. Mixed motions for sure. You could even say that I was "sorrowful yet always re…