BREAKING: Nivolumab (Opdivo) APPROVED for MSI-High CRC

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Re: BREAKING: Nivolumab (Opdivo) APPROVED for MSI-High CRC

Postby henry123 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:52 pm

sharijohn wrote:Hello! I am interested in a nivolumab trial for my mom. What is your MSI status? Are you non



Hi
I am msi-high as well as Lynch positive.
Best of luck with finding a trial for your mom.
46yo M msi-high Lynch +ve
5/16 lap AR 14/21 L nodes +ve
T4N2M1
7/16 Capox 9 cyc
9/16 cea 2
1/17 550
PET CT mets in lung & peri
iri+ avast fail
3/17 10577
4/17 regro fail
5/17 cea 28800
5/17 CT inc in size of mes nodes ,onset of multi nodules in liver
6/17 Opdivo start
7/17 26754
8/17 5623
9/17 497
10/17 52
CT all clear exc a nodule in Lung. liver norm
1/18 3.6
Aspirin start
6/18 1.5 CT clear
12/18 1.1 NED
1/20 NED Opdivo stop
8/23 1.0 All ok

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Re: BREAKING: Nivolumab (Opdivo) APPROVED for MSI-High CRC

Postby henry123 » Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:34 pm

100 doctors set up Immuno-Oncological Society to frame treament norms

https://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/ ... 062315.cms
46yo M msi-high Lynch +ve
5/16 lap AR 14/21 L nodes +ve
T4N2M1
7/16 Capox 9 cyc
9/16 cea 2
1/17 550
PET CT mets in lung & peri
iri+ avast fail
3/17 10577
4/17 regro fail
5/17 cea 28800
5/17 CT inc in size of mes nodes ,onset of multi nodules in liver
6/17 Opdivo start
7/17 26754
8/17 5623
9/17 497
10/17 52
CT all clear exc a nodule in Lung. liver norm
1/18 3.6
Aspirin start
6/18 1.5 CT clear
12/18 1.1 NED
1/20 NED Opdivo stop
8/23 1.0 All ok

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Re: BREAKING: Nivolumab (Opdivo) APPROVED for MSI-High CRC

Postby henry123 » Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:01 pm

I seem to have become quite forgetful as compared to earlier especially with regards to names and upcoming appointments.

Could it be related to Nivolumab ? Has anybody else on Opdivo /Keytruda experienced similar memory loss related symptoms.

Occasional muscular pains are still there.
But overall, I am working at maybe 60 to 70% of my normal working.
Thank God for where I am today.
46yo M msi-high Lynch +ve
5/16 lap AR 14/21 L nodes +ve
T4N2M1
7/16 Capox 9 cyc
9/16 cea 2
1/17 550
PET CT mets in lung & peri
iri+ avast fail
3/17 10577
4/17 regro fail
5/17 cea 28800
5/17 CT inc in size of mes nodes ,onset of multi nodules in liver
6/17 Opdivo start
7/17 26754
8/17 5623
9/17 497
10/17 52
CT all clear exc a nodule in Lung. liver norm
1/18 3.6
Aspirin start
6/18 1.5 CT clear
12/18 1.1 NED
1/20 NED Opdivo stop
8/23 1.0 All ok

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Re: BREAKING: Nivolumab (Opdivo) APPROVED for MSI-High CRC

Postby Stewsbetty » Fri Apr 20, 2018 4:09 am

henry123 wrote:I seem to have become quite forgetful as compared to earlier especially with regards to names and upcoming appointments.

Could it be related to Nivolumab ? Has anybody else on Opdivo /Keytruda experienced similar memory loss related symptoms.

Occasional muscular pains are still there.
But overall, I am working at maybe 60 to 70% of my normal working.
Thank God for where I am today.


Hi Henry,
I am on Keytruda since September. I too, have a terrible memory now but I hadn’t related it to Keytruda since I underwent chemo as well in the last yet and a half. I don’t notice the memory lapses just with names and dates, it is with words as well. I am often stuttering waiting for the proper word to come to me while talking. This is challenging for me since oral communication has always been easy for me.
And saw your remark earlier in the thread about transitioning from the acceptance of dying to now living life. Working on that one now too. Going from expecting to die within a couple of months to thinking I might be NED soon causes quite the mental gymnastics. Received terminal disability benefits last September and am now thinking of returning to work part time next September! Sure am glad to be where I am at!
Beth
42yo At diagnosis. Female in BC, Canada
Dx: CC ascending
Right Hemi colectomy 06/16 clear margins
Adenocarcinoma 6cm High Grade
pT3 pN2a Stage 3
10 out of 16 lymph involved
MSI-h, Kras mut, Braf wild
Finished chemo Feb. 2017
PET scan showing active area April 2017
July 2017 CT showing LN mass and spread to other LN
Stage 4
Aug 2017 failed Fofiri
Sept 2017 keytruda scans every 3 months showing shrinkage and stability
November 2018 CT shows only 1 small tumour left
September 2019 clear CT finally NED!!!

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Re: BREAKING: Nivolumab (Opdivo) APPROVED for MSI-High CRC

Postby Wonderfullymade » Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:36 am

Stewsbetty wrote:
henry123 wrote:I seem to have become quite forgetful as compared to earlier especially with regards to names and upcoming appointments.

Could it be related to Nivolumab ? Has anybody else on Opdivo /Keytruda experienced similar memory loss related symptoms.

Occasional muscular pains are still there.
But overall, I am working at maybe 60 to 70% of my normal working.
Thank God for where I am today.


Hi Henry,
I am on Keytruda since September. I too, have a terrible memory now but I hadn’t related it to Keytruda since I underwent chemo as well in the last yet and a half. I don’t notice the memory lapses just with names and dates, it is with words as well. I am often stuttering waiting for the proper word to come to me while talking. This is challenging for me since oral communication has always been easy for me.
And saw your remark earlier in the thread about transitioning from the acceptance of dying to now living life. Working on that one now too. Going from expecting to die within a couple of months to thinking I might be NED soon causes quite the mental gymnastics. Received terminal disability benefits last September and am now thinking of returning to work part time next September! Sure am glad to be where I am at!
Beth


Ditto, exactly! I could have written this post almost word for word!
Except I have been NED since September! I would update my sig, but lol! I cant figure out/remember how anymore! I gave up been frustrated about it just decided to be extremely happy to be alive! May you also have the same happy results!
DX 3/2015 53
Stage IVa CC w/liver met
BRAF/KRAS wild type MSI-High (MLH1, PMS2) not Lynch
Folfox 3 cycles
5/2015 ER for subtotal colectomomy due to perforated colon, ovary removed
Folfuri/Pantiumumab 5 cycles
8/2015 liver resection, gallbladder removed and new LN
10/2015 CT scan new nodes
10/2015 Pembro started CEA 2.2
5/2017 stable lung things, coltis, lymph nodes stable cea 1/2017 1.1
9/2017 NED CEA 1.1 ( stopped Pembro)
2/2019 ER for DVT/ PE
2/2019 clean CT (NED) CEA 1.1

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Re: BREAKING: Nivolumab (Opdivo) APPROVED for MSI-High CRC

Postby henry123 » Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:49 am

Wonderfullymade wrote:
Stewsbetty wrote:
henry123 wrote:I seem to have become quite forgetful as compared to earlier especially with regards to names and upcoming appointments.

Could it be related to Nivolumab ? Has anybody else on Opdivo /Keytruda experienced similar memory loss related symptoms.

Occasional muscular pains are still there.
But overall, I am working at maybe 60 to 70% of my normal working.
Thank God for where I am today.


Hi Henry,
I am on Keytruda since September. I too, have a terrible memory now but I hadn’t related it to Keytruda since I underwent chemo as well in the last yet and a half. I don’t notice the memory lapses just with names and dates, it is with words as well. I am often stuttering waiting for the proper word to come to me while talking. This is challenging for me since oral communication has always been easy for me.
And saw your remark earlier in the thread about transitioning from the acceptance of dying to now living life. Working on that one now too. Going from expecting to die within a couple of months to thinking I might be NED soon causes quite the mental gymnastics. Received terminal disability benefits last September and am now thinking of returning to work part time next September! Sure am glad to be where I am at!
Beth


Ditto, exactly! I could have written this post almost word for word!
Except I have been NED since September! I would update my sig, but lol! I cant figure out/remember how anymore! I gave up been frustrated about it just decided to be extremely happy to be alive! May you also have the same happy results!


Congratulations!!

So we can safely assume a bad memory is a common side effect of these immunotherapies.

Wonderfullymade, has your oncologist made any changes in your regime after your NED status.
46yo M msi-high Lynch +ve
5/16 lap AR 14/21 L nodes +ve
T4N2M1
7/16 Capox 9 cyc
9/16 cea 2
1/17 550
PET CT mets in lung & peri
iri+ avast fail
3/17 10577
4/17 regro fail
5/17 cea 28800
5/17 CT inc in size of mes nodes ,onset of multi nodules in liver
6/17 Opdivo start
7/17 26754
8/17 5623
9/17 497
10/17 52
CT all clear exc a nodule in Lung. liver norm
1/18 3.6
Aspirin start
6/18 1.5 CT clear
12/18 1.1 NED
1/20 NED Opdivo stop
8/23 1.0 All ok

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Posts: 140
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Re: BREAKING: Nivolumab (Opdivo) APPROVED for MSI-High CRC

Postby Wonderfullymade » Sat Apr 21, 2018 6:54 am

No treatments since sept scan. I scan again in june.
Feeling great! I am preparing for a 10+ mile hike today, 13+ next weekend!
DX 3/2015 53
Stage IVa CC w/liver met
BRAF/KRAS wild type MSI-High (MLH1, PMS2) not Lynch
Folfox 3 cycles
5/2015 ER for subtotal colectomomy due to perforated colon, ovary removed
Folfuri/Pantiumumab 5 cycles
8/2015 liver resection, gallbladder removed and new LN
10/2015 CT scan new nodes
10/2015 Pembro started CEA 2.2
5/2017 stable lung things, coltis, lymph nodes stable cea 1/2017 1.1
9/2017 NED CEA 1.1 ( stopped Pembro)
2/2019 ER for DVT/ PE
2/2019 clean CT (NED) CEA 1.1


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