Immunotherapy side effects

Hi,

I suffer from an Under Active Thyroid.

Many year's ago, when I was first diagnosed. I was put on a certain dose of Thyroxine. They then test your blood again for T4. It is a bit hit and miss at first, until they get the right amount of dose. They have to be a bit careful, as too much Thyroxine can have the opposite effect which is "Graves Disease " which is, a racing heart.

I felt much better pretty quickly, if I recall. Hope this helps.

Kind Regards

Snellijw

Hi,

i have had lots of side effects from immunotherapy, i have advanced renal cancer, spread to lung and lymph nodes.

i am also a single parent (20 year old and 16 year old) and would really like to make contact with other single parents x

Hi! I know you posted a while ago, just wanted to say that I too lost my adrenal gland function because of my immunotherapy drug Novilumab. I'm used to managing the steroid doses now, but it was very scary at first. My blood tests last week showed a sudden plummet in my platelets count, which is being investigated by the hospital currently. I don't think of these as side effects in the normal sense, but as serious health conditions in their own right. At times, I wonder if it's worth the risk of having the cancer treatment, given that I am a definite stage 4. Having the cancer is enough to cope with, apart from all the worry of which strange side effect will happen next!

I think all you can do is to have hope, and trust in your doctors. I hope things have settled with your thyroid, and you're not feeling as miserable now.

Hugs! Kate