Pembrolizumab treatment

Hello 

• I have just had my first treatment on Friday have stage 3 after surgery prescribed Pembro 
• thank you

@Janebow hope you are well x I have also just started ( 2 weeks ago on pembro)I am  feeling absolutely fine thankfully x 

Kdon24 May I ask are CT scans every 3 months once you start on your course of treatment ?

or every 3 months from the first ct scan you get to check for any signs of melanoma growths elsewhere ? 

thanks x 

Hi, my scans are every three months due to being stage 4, though I know some people that are every 6 months. Your Oncologist will advise how frequently you will have these

Kdon24 many thanks will ask about scans the next time I am at the hospital x 

Hi I think if you are stage 3A/B your CT scans are usually every 6 months I have a head neck MRI an a body CT scan every 6 months for the first 3 years and then yearly for the next 2. It might depend on different hospitals etc but I think of you are stage 3C and 4 then you have them every 3 months? 

Sparkle871 many thanks , this was one thing I never thought to ask when I saw the oncologist x so looking like every 6 months  for me many thanks x 

I had a ct scan middle of July x 

how are you xx 

Hi x 

can I ask did any of you experience hair thinning ? I have only had one dose and each time I brush / wash my hair strands are coming out ( not in clumps ) just random strands but quite a lot? X 

I didnt notice this when I was on the treatment. I will ask the Melanoma UK community for you

Kdon24 many thanks x