Melanoma 15 tumors in the brain

Hi Mandy F, What a worrying time for you, I hope someone will respond to give you the information that you are seeking, for some kind of reassurance  especially after the joy of being disease free since 2022. I was diagnosed with Melanoma stage 3 in December 2024, that metastasised to my Lymph nodes, after surgery removal, I have been offered the Keytruda immunotherapy, that your husband received, how was it? And did he have any side effects? Positive healing to your husband. Squinky aka Tracy x

He responded really well, he was a little weak and tired but never missed a beat.  We moved my daughter into a new house as well as married her off.  He continued to travel for work and vacation through the entire treatment.

He did....loose his thyroid function early on followed by his adrenal glands.  He now is completly dependent on cortizone to replace his cortisol.  Unfortunately we were in Mexico and he was so week and so sick and we had no idea what was happening but when we got back we went straight to oncologist and they did labs and he had almost no cortisol.  We got LUCKY he was literally within 24 hours of dyeing.  But now as long as he takes cortisone he is fine.

It worked great and now we move on to the next.  Reach out if you have any questions, it's tough to navigate through melanoma.  So many questions and so few answers.  But..... thankful that we now have immunotherapy to give us all hope for our loved ones.

Take Care and Have Hope!

Mandy