Re: Immunotherapy Experience & Advice
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2022 2:14 am
Hi Jacques,
You have brought up very good points. I was also worried about continuously using the same vein for treatment. I’ve had issues with tat myself. I’ll definitely remind him to ask them to rotate it.
As far as surgery, the surgeon was actually the first dr he saw. She said that everything would be a lot easier if they could shrink them down. Three of the tumors show some mucinous cells so the tumors lit up on the mri. They do think at least 1 local lymph node is suspicious. Having the two colon masses in the colon did complicate the potential colon surgery. My husband was sent to the surgeon because they were afraid he would have a complete blockage and needed them out asap. The surgeon told us that she thought they were very slow growth and that she didn’t think he would have any problems and didn’t even need a stint. He hasn’t had any problems using the bathroom and we are hoping the masses are shrinking.
He is still having a lot of fatigue, but the feverish feeling and sweating have stopped. I told him that he probably needs the rest and not to worry about needing naps.
I’m not sure I have mentioned this here, but my husband has been experiencing little stabbing pains in the areas of his tumors. I was wondering if anyone on immunotherapy also felt anything like that. He did say that when driving to Atlanta his right side would really start hurting. He thought it was muscle pain, but since the treatments have started the pain has gone away. He was thinking that maybe the original pain was from his liver tumors. They are both quite large 8x6cm and 5x5cm.
Thanks for responding and if anyone can think of anything else we need to research or look at please let me know.
You have brought up very good points. I was also worried about continuously using the same vein for treatment. I’ve had issues with tat myself. I’ll definitely remind him to ask them to rotate it.
As far as surgery, the surgeon was actually the first dr he saw. She said that everything would be a lot easier if they could shrink them down. Three of the tumors show some mucinous cells so the tumors lit up on the mri. They do think at least 1 local lymph node is suspicious. Having the two colon masses in the colon did complicate the potential colon surgery. My husband was sent to the surgeon because they were afraid he would have a complete blockage and needed them out asap. The surgeon told us that she thought they were very slow growth and that she didn’t think he would have any problems and didn’t even need a stint. He hasn’t had any problems using the bathroom and we are hoping the masses are shrinking.
He is still having a lot of fatigue, but the feverish feeling and sweating have stopped. I told him that he probably needs the rest and not to worry about needing naps.
I’m not sure I have mentioned this here, but my husband has been experiencing little stabbing pains in the areas of his tumors. I was wondering if anyone on immunotherapy also felt anything like that. He did say that when driving to Atlanta his right side would really start hurting. He thought it was muscle pain, but since the treatments have started the pain has gone away. He was thinking that maybe the original pain was from his liver tumors. They are both quite large 8x6cm and 5x5cm.
Thanks for responding and if anyone can think of anything else we need to research or look at please let me know.