{"id":235,"date":"2026-07-18T04:32:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/supporting-becks\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:32:42","slug":"supporting-becks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/supporting-becks\/","title":{"rendered":"Treatment in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dublin Treatment Diary<\/h2>\n

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March 19th 2019
<\/strong>After a short hospital stay and many scans, Professor Crown has deemed that any more immunotherapy would be more damaging to her liver than helpful. He has offered third line chemotherapy, but the success rate is unproven and Rebecca doesn\u2019t want to go through the trauma of chemo any more. She has decided to decline further treatment and travel to Florida to spend time with family. <\/p>\n

Dec 27th 2018
<\/strong>Rebecca has moved to St.Vincent\u2019s Hospital in Ballsbridge. Through some fortunate family connections, she has been taken under the care of Professor John Crown. This doctor and health advocate has lobbied the Irish parliament for greater access to cutting edge drugs for cancer patients. We are very hopeful his tenacity and knowledge will contribute to Rebecca\u2019s recovery. <\/p>\n

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Treatment and Schedule<\/h3>\n

Chemotherapy
<\/strong>Session 1 @ St.Luke\u2019s – October 2, 3, 4
Session 2 @ St.Luke\u2019s – October 23, 24, 25
Session 3 @ St. James\u2019 – November 22, 23
Session 4 @ St.James\u2019 – December 12, 13
Session 5 @ St.Vincents\u2019 – Jan 7, 8, 9 2019<\/p>\n

External Radiation Therapy<\/strong> @ St.Luke\u2019s
23 sessions from Oct 1 – Oct 25th <\/p>\n

Internal Radiation Therapy<\/strong> (Brachytherapy<\/a>)
Session 1 @ St.Lukes – November 1st, being admitted Oct 31st
Session 2 @ St.Luke\u2019s – November 5th, being admitted Nov 4th
<\/em>Session 3 @ St.Luke\u2019s – November 12th, being admitted Nov 11th <\/p>\n

Immunotherapy – Keytruda\/Pembro<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Sessions @St.Vincent\u2019s in Ballsbridge. February and March 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Needs and Wants<\/h3>\n

What she has<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rebecca\u2019s medical care is almost completely covered by her public health insurance. She has been approved for a medical card which will cover medicines and more. <\/p>\n

She was signed off work and will be moving out of her shared flat into a place in Rathmines that has been kindly donated by a family member.<\/p>\n

What she wants<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be honest, not much. <\/p>\n

The activities that are making her happy are self-care treatments like reflexology, acupuncture, manicures and anywhere she can get a bath! <\/p>\n

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American Invasion Dates<\/h2>\n

Jessica<\/strong>: Oct 10th – Nov 10th
Mary<\/strong>: Nov 8th – Jan 9th
Donal<\/strong>: Nov 29th – Dec 15th
Jessica:<\/strong> Dec 17th – Jan 9th<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pre-Christmas drinks in town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gina and Matt\u2019s wedding in Rathmullan, Co. Donegal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dublin with shorter hair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At the Giant\u2019s causeway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thank You<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The support, and love she has received from family and friends has been incredible. Somedays she feels quite overwhelmed by the generosity and genuine goodness of people. <\/p>\n

She could not be in a better place than Dublin right now, or propped up by so many wonderful people. Thank you all for reading this and sending your hopes, prayers and hugs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dublin Treatment Diary March 19th 2019After a short hospital stay and many scans, Professor Crown has deemed that any more immunotherapy would be more damaging to her liver than helpful. He has offered third line chemotherapy, but the success rate is unproven and Rebecca doesn\u2019t want to go through the trauma of chemo any more. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}