Adjuvant Pembrolizumab (Pembro)

Hi Artful

Oncology review at Charing Cross tomorrow - routine I guess - and 2nd jab on Monday. May have been lucky so far re side effects so keeping my fingers crossed for Monday that no others start to show. 

Are you not  having infusions  then  Michael   just jabs not heard of that .   Good luck all the best  

Sorry - it's an infusion - I call it a jab! It's a bag of the drug that gets pumped in over c30 minutes. 

hiya sorry to but in been meaning to but things change so quick with cancer and treatment i have just had my second infusion of immunotherapy at sheffield western park lovely people i have had very little side effects as i am still contending with the side effects from my radiotherapy on the spine and pelvis been on this journey 2 and half years now the cancer has travelled to my lung hence the pembro as i call it i didnt put much on profile its been such an up and down road hope to chat soon if theres any change thanks bob

Wow, you guys have done great . Did your husband have any symptons originally as I am seeing oncologist next week with my diagnosis and I’m really worried 

Ive had 4 doses of the Pembro now and the side effect has been skin itching and rashes, they have given me steroids to counteract this though and it controls it quite well.

Thats good , your prognosis was so poor at the beginning of your journey . What were your symptoms at the very beginning . ? 

Hi Phil

I didnt have any symptoms, I had a scan for another reason and they saw the tumour on the kidney. I was quite lucky really that they caught it. It was grade 4 aggressive though so even though it was removed Ive been on the pembro since. Have to say the staff at the City hospital are brilliant though, they are in regular contact and whilst there is always the worry of it coming back I try not to think about it and stay positive. What are your next steps?

Well I know I have a large lesion on kidney and have had a chest scan also and will get those results next week . Really worried that it’s the worse possible news 

Well hopefully it will just be the kidney Phil and you can get rid of the lesion. best of luck for the scan