Its not easy…. 2 years ago my husband 53 noticed a mole on his head got painful and double in size while he took a shower. Immediately he booked a doctors appointment. The doctor suggested a biopsy…. I knew something was wrong as my husband did not behave the same way. He wasn’t himself at all. He seemed really depressed and cried often which was not like him at all. He also wanted to give up his job without thinking clearly. Luckily he did not! The biopsy came back and there he was diagnosed with stage 3 b melanoma cancer. They had to do an operation to remove his mole on his head and it was quite.a bit of his flesh. Almost a big golf ball chunk out of his head. This year his cancer has progressed to level 4. They have found cancer in his lungs. He was put on immunotherapy. As soon as he reached stage 4 he was put on another drug of immunotherapy which is called nivolumab
Nivolumab is an excellent type of immunotherapy for advance melanoma. He just took 2 dosis of this drug as it was really bad for his intestines. He had a super allergic reaction to it. About 3 weeks ago he noticed another bump on his head… like a golf ball. Hard and it feels like bone….He went to doctor and they took a sample and we still wait to hear back the results. Its really stressful. I sometimes suffer from guilt. Why I did not noticed his mole before hand on his head. But my husband is really tall and I am so short. His hair was also covering his mole. I really hope this new injection for melanoma will come quick. As we are racing with time. The doctors and nurses are so supportive at the Royal marsden and my husband enjoys going to hospital. I find it comforting. Please check out your moles regularly. Any funny looking one can be a sign. Has any one had a similar experience?
Hi Snow white and the dwarfs and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
If you have a look at people's profiles, by clicking on their username, you'll be able to read about their melanoma experience. There are quite a few people who've had a melanoma on their head and there are lots who are on or been on the same immunotherapy as your husband.
really hope this new injection for melanoma will come quick.
I'm interested to know what the injection you mention is. Is this something that you've read about that's currently being trialled?
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Hi Zaria
I've just taken a look at the news about Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine and it does look very promising. Let's hope it gets approval.
I don't know if the immunotherapy your husband has had affects fertility or not. That might be a good question to post in the Ask A Nurse section of the online community. Just bear in mind that they won't be answering any questions now until 2nd January.
If this is something that you'd like to do, clicking on my link will take you straight there.
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