Hi Colin,

Think it thru, you have a choice here.

Option 1: traipse along to the hospital every 3 weeks for a couple of years and know, with no guarantees, that you did everything you could to beat this disease.

Option 2: skip the immunotherapy, maybe have cancer come back, and spend your last months wondering if you might have survived with treatment.

Your call. For what it's worth, I went from stage 4 lung with a brain tumour down to stage 1 after brain surgery and pembrolizumab. From that to cancer-free after a lung lobectomy. Couldn't have done that without immunotherapy - I'd be pushing up daisies by now.

kind regards,
Steve

Hi Steve thanks for your reply it's the side effects that I'm worried about but as you say if this can help I would be crazy not to consider it thanks very much. 

Hi Colin

I was diagnosed with stage IIIB melanoma last October and had a complete groin dissection which has had some life changing after effects (seroma, lymphedema etc).  I was also offered immunotherapy with the same drug as you have been offered, every 6 weeks for a year initially.   I have only had one round of treatment but have had no side effects so far.  The stats are excellent for skin cancer and so it was a no brainer for me, even if it gave me 5 years, that was better than the alternative.  I am due to have my second round next Friday and so am happy to let you know how I feel after that.  The actual treatment only takes 30 minutes once you are set up and I drove home with no ill effects at all.

Kate