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Hi there. My dad has recently been diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma. He has recently started immunotherapy and I am struggling to understand how progress is monitored. He last had a PET Scan in September. Since then, he has become more symptomatic...
Hi, I have just joined the group. My husband was diagnosed with Pleural Mesothelioma August 2024. He came into contact with Asbestosis unknowingly years ago, which is now causing cancer in his lung cavity. It is very hard to treat and we are told only...
Hi my father,73 got diagnosed with stage 2/3 Pleural mesothelioma in June of this year following biopsy confirmation . He had a pleurodesis procedure at same time to seal up the space as he had a pleural effusion at the time. Fast forward to November...
Hi all, is there anything my husband can have, over the counter and/ or prescription, which will not react with Immunotherapy? He is eating but having to force himself. Thanks x
Hello, my dad got diagnosed with Mesothelioma in September and it’s been an awful time since! He’s just started immunotherapy but after one treatment noticed inflammation in his liver so had to postpone treatment and give him steroids for that. He’s...
Just after some reassurance... My husband & I are both soul caregivers for my father in law who has lung cancer and moderate dementia. There is no treatment for him, its just palliative care. We visited a care home recently to look into having some...
My father in law who is 86 years old has been diognosed with Pleural Mesothelioma, they have said treatment isnt an option as he is too frail for it, he also has some dementia which doesnt help. He has had his lung drained every few month, so now they...
Hi thanks for stopping by. My dad was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in June this year started immunotherapy 2 drug regimen every three weeks in August. He had first scan in November and he’s had call today they are stopping treatment as the cancer...
My husband was diagnosed with Mesothelioma in June 2023. He started on immunotherapy in August 23 and until January was told tumour, pleural thickening had shrunk. Fast forward to April 24 even though most of the nodules have vanished there is one localised...
My husband has epithelioid mesothelioma. He had 6 sessions of immunotherapy but has moved on to chemotherapy as the latest scan showed growth in multiple area of his lung. He has had a nasty cough for the last week, which he can’t shift. I know coughing...
