Hello,

So I have posted quite a few times over the past 7 months. But I will do a little recap. 
 

My amazing grandad (72) was shockingly diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer back in November. The diagnosis actually came from a swollen lymph node in his neck - so as you can imagine to find out it was lung cancer was a terrible shock to us all. Fast forward 6 month, he has completed 4 rounds of chemo, which sent the cancer into an inactive stage. He has just had his first scan in 3 month and we have discovered that the cancer in his lung is stable - no spread. However a couple of the lymph nodes in his chest have increased in size. Obviously it's not the news we hoped to hear, however it's not all bad. His consultant has advised he is to start immunotherapy in 3 weeks. We are happy this is an option as the chemo hit him hard and originally we were told his PL levels weren't high enough to go ahead with the immunotherapy. 
 

My question is what should we expect from the immunotherapy? I know everyone is different and everyone's experience will differ, but, I don't know much about it at all. We have been told this could potentially prolong his life for up to 2 years (as that's the maximum time it can be given for?) if treatment is effective. Without immunotherapy we have been told he wouldn't be here by Christmas, so it's a no brainer.

Initially he has was given 3-6 month life expectancy without treatment, but thankfully the chemo actually was more effective than his care team expected it to be. We are so very thankful to be in this position and every day is a blessing. He's a very strong man and he's fought an incredible fight. 
 

sending love to everyone who is fighting their own battle xx