Started immunotherapy for melanoma

Hi on Wednesday i started a double whammy of two.sorts of immunotherapy. This has to work as they cant operate where its spread to.  Bloody melanoma 

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  • Hi Goldcrest,

    I'm sorry to hear you have melanoma & that it's unresectable. Which dual immunos have you been started on? Hopefully you will be one of the lucky ones that have little or no side effects and who the treatment has great results for. 

    Angie (Stage 3 melanoma patient since 2009)

  • Hi im on ipilimumab and nivolumab. Both ridiculous things to spell. I had a melanoma on my bum  in 2019. Removed safely. But then 2 yrs later a lump appeared on the scar and turned out to be Braf possitive cancer. Did 13months of chemo tablets. Then 2 yrs later a routine CT found a lump in  my lung. A stage 4 melanoma. It was successfully removed. Had a scan january znd got results the its spread to my lymph nodes in my thorax and cany operate xx

  • Sorry to hear that. Targeted treatment is known to work well but it doesn't last a long time & then immunotherapy is used. I've sent you a friend request - if you accept it we can chat by private message.  xx

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