My Brother has been told his treatment is being stopped because after four cycles of combined and six singular cycles of treatment the drugs are atttacking his liver too much. The last last two cycles were interrupted by high liver counts which resulted in Steroids having to be taken. The immunotherapy worked very well on his multiple tumours on skin , pancreas, adrenal gland, liver ,etc shrinking them all. Once it had kicked in he went from being very unwell to being pretty " normal " with a few bumps in the road along the way. His doctor now says we just have to see what happens because they don't know themselves how things will go.The immunotherapy will still be in his system but as this will wear off , what are the chances of it growing again ? Is there things i need to look out for. He has blood tests and a scan scheduled to keep an eye on him. Any advice or info on what lies ahead is greatly appreciated having learned previously that Google is not your friend in these situations.Trying not to worry about the No treatment scenario.
Thanks KT and Moira for taking the time to reply to my post. Although i have been very wary of posting about my brother's Melanoma for fearing i would make people just diagnosed worry more , i have spent a lot of time on here trying to get answers to all the questions melanoma brings. Its people like yourselves and Latchbrook who make things a little less scary and worrying so keep up the good work.
as for my Brother, i was going with the usual half glass full attitude of prepare for the worst and hope for the best.So in preparing for the worst and remembering how fast things went downhill after his mole was removed i was hoping for info on what may happen if the Nodular Melanoma kicks in again. , My brother has very poor eyesight and hearing and kinda lives in his own wee world so i need to keep a careful eye on what going on. If we are in unchartered water as the doctors say ,i'll just need to crack on and deal with it. Thanks for the links KT . Very useful .
