New diagnosis for my husband

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Following surgery to remove all 35 lymph glands in his armpit my husband is now waiting to begin a course of immunotherapy. He had to wait for his st and our scan results. He had been told it is stage 3B cancer. We have been told of the side effects had anyone any experience s they could share

  • Hi - I was diagnosed in 2020 with stage 3 melanoma and I had Pembrolizumab every 6 weeks for a year - 9 doses in total.

    I tolerated it very well, I had and still have some skin irritation - itching and sometimes a small rash - I use diprobase and a mild steroid cream for actual rash. I had tiredness which became accumulative but didn’t affect my day to day function. On my Ct scan they could see a small area of my bowel was inflamed but I didn’t suffer any symptoms from it.

    on the whole I was very lucky - I completed treatment in January 2022 - I still have some skin irritation and rash - the oncologist says it is my immune system being overactive which obviously is a good thing.

    wishing your husband all the best and for no side effects but great results.