My husband who is 73 has been recently diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma. This is a total shock and we are finding it hard to believe and don’t know how to cope. He had 3 months of immunotherapy but unfortunately this did not work, meanwhile the cancer has got worse. ( he has it in his lymph nodes and liver) he has started the drugs Dabrafenib and Trametinib . He is suffering side effects . Do these side effects go after time? ( he’s only had them one and a half weeks- had to stop for a day as got a temperature and was shivery.
One thing I’m so upset about is that they literally said to us the immunotherapy hasnt worked, you can try these tablets but they only work for 9-12 mths. Are they saying that after that time that it?? We are absolutely heartbroken we have been given no hope whatsoever ️
