Hello Carol59, 

I hope your husband's immunotherapy treatment goes well and that it is successful. I thought I would share this page with you from our website on nivolumab and that it will help you understand how this drug works and common side effects you may encounter. I hope that you will also hear from some of our members who may have had this treatment and that they will be along shortly to share their experiences with you. I dug around the forum a bit and found that there are a few threads on the subject that might be of interest to you. If you do a forum seach typing the keyword 'nivolumab' (see the search function located in the blue banner at the top of the forum), you will be able to see all past posts on nivolumab and respond to any that you feel would be of interest to you. For example, [@kezza_88]‍ posted this thread in June as her husband was also about to start Nivolumab so feel free to respond to it if you wish. 

I hope you will soon hear from others who have also started the same immunotherapy treatment and that they will come and share their story with you. It is important to bear in mind that not everyone responds to treatment in the same way though but it is still useful to hear individual accounts and experiences.  

Our cancer nurses are available on this free number 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m if you'd like to speak with them about this as well.

I hope everything goes well for your husband and that his immunotherapy treatment goes smoothly.

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator