Another day another drug

Well that is very promising! Wishing you the best results, Stomps!

May the force be with you!

Hugs

Jojo

foxhd said:

If you are

anything like me, you are going to be so happy not having to deal with all the crappy side effects from your previous treatments. Good luck!

Wishing you the best!

Best of luck.  Nivomalab just rolls off the tongue so easily. 

Footstomper said:

I'm not thinking

about Darth Tumour any more. I'm just crossing my fingers for the side effects

Wishing you much success with your new treatment.

Nancy

Eliezer2 said:

got good news for you

this past summer i did a regamin of opdivo with yervoy.  i had been on sutent for 4 years but it stopped working.  i was in VERY bad shape in summer, lost 15 kg, so weak could not sit up, lungs filled with diseased tissue, hemoglobin at 8, and frankly it looked terminal.  the mixed opdivo-yervoy regimen lasted 3 months, then continued just opdivo.  the opdivo itself has almost no side effects, altho yervoy had some, but not too bad.  bottom line, 6-8 months later, the effectiveness of the treatment has been so remarkable that my case is talk of the town where i am (israel).  lungs almost completely cleared, weight recovered, hemoglobin at 15, i climb hills and stairs.  one drawback - without the yervoy the opdivo does not work as well, but there are risks of doing the yervoy - there is some risk of stroke.  

Hey Footstomper.. stomping my foot in your behalf!

Hope this works even better and betterer~

Hugs, Jan

Footstomper, to reiterate what Fox and others have already posted – You are going to love being on at PD-1 drug.  Being on Keytruda, I have not suffered from any side effects at all. - BDS

saintmont said:

PD-1

`Hi, I have being on it for nearly 3 months, you will really like it I feel like a "normal person"no side effects. First scans just done my onc rang me to say scan amazing every met shrunk and a few disappeared completely. Hope you find as good as I have.

 and no more votrient, My hair color is returning. Too bad my hair has already left the building. No upset belly. No diarrhea. And I've gained about 6 pounds.

Hey man, don't bogart that nivo my friend. Pass it over to me....

Had my first infusion on Feb 18th. Was there 3 hrs... first hour and a half was a tour of the infusion center, shown where all the bathrooms were, the patient kitchen where free juice , water, soup crackers, microwave and fridge were, and the full information about Nivo and who, when, and where to call if side effects occur. The infusion is made up fresh in the oncology pharmacy , and fixed according to your at the moment weight. That only was 1 hr start to finish. I took a nap.

as to side effects, I had none, expect none, and am considering selling off my stash of Cottonell moist wipes... Have no need anymore... Woo hoo 

Bellweather said:

don't Bogart that nivolumab

Lol!  Just checking in and 

Fox has me cracking up.  

Stupid question. If the side effects are so minimal with Nivo (opdivo) why don’t they start people on them to begin with? Why Votrient and/or Avastin first when the side effects are so horrible for most people?