Hello, my husband was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer and lung cancer approximately 3 months ago. He started immunotherapy just over 3 weeks ago and has just had his second treatment. He is being given Nivolumab and Ipilimumab and has also just had 5 radiotherapy treatments. He was fine for the first couple of weeks but now has joint pain, sweats and symptoms similar to a cold. I know these are to be expected and the doctors are happy that he’s doing well. He’s managing the pain with paracetamol and Oxycodone but he’s worried about how long he should expect to have these side effects as he is finding the pain and stiffness quite debilitating. He has another 2 treatments to go then he is going onto to just one of those but I can’t remember which ! We are hopeful the side effects will lessen once he’s on just one type of medication. Don’t get me wrong we are so thankful for the amazing care and treatment he is receiving but it would lift his mood considerably if he knew the side effects, especially the pain, would soon decrease.
Thanks so much everyone.
