I'm only looking for people's experiences as obviously i know no one can tell me what is what, but other members on here may have had a loved one go through immunotherapy.
My best friend of only 46 has terminal cancer. It's in her bowel, groin, liver, lungs and bones and may be elsewhere. She had 6 months of chemo but the cancer started to grow again within weeks. The consultant then started to give her combined chemo/radiotherapy but this was stopped after a few rounds as it wasn't having any effect.
She was then offered immunotherapy before the "end of the line".
She has had two sessions but become extremely poorly and is in so much pain with a huge bloated stomach when she is stick thin everywhere else. Until very recently she has felt reasonably well in herself but even before the immunotherapy she was starting to feel sick/be sick, sleep a lot, has lost her appetite and was suffering with pain in her stomach and back and i know it is her liver that was the worst affected with the cancer. She is also concerned she is passing blood in her stool again - the cancer began in her bowel/anus. She is now on anti sickness medication and in the last few days has been prescribed morphine because she's literally in agony and can't get comfortable.
She was diagnosed early summer last year and was initially only offered one session of palliative radiotherapy so it was a poor prognosis from the start but she is still here nearly 18 months later. She has never wanted to know timescales etc.
Obviously she has told her consultant and he just says she can't expect to see improvement yet, however, i am concerned that the stomach swelling is ascites as i can't really find any info on it being a major symptom of immunotherapy. I guess i am trying to prepare myself that she may only have a few months left. I know immunotherapy can work wonders but i've read only for around 15% of people who have the treatment.
