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Need 2 know: Are any of you stage 4 lung cancer survivors?
Lung Health | Last Active: Dec 6, 2025 | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
@rlf66 hi, after I didn’t die and the hole grew back in (scar tissue) they put me on an immunotherapy drug called Optivo and it doesn’t work on everyone when it does work it works everywhere- on that til 2018 and went into remission. Had bladder cancer twice and being treated by oral chemotherapy for stage 4 prostate cancer. It’s truly a gift that keeps on giving. Me, I hold my head up, try not to think too much about it and live in the moment- stay positive and live while you’re alive and enjoy your holidays. Did I mention I’m kinda hard to kill? I fight back. I will ask the creator of all things to help you and remember health care industry comes up with new stuff all the time so why not for you too? Get better & be better
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@chebo1954 thanks so much for getting back to me. I have just began the Optivo on 12/2. Alomg with chemo. Again, one more treatment w/chemo and immu in 20 days. Then after that every six weeks only the immuno indefinitely. Hope it wors for me. Question how could u end up w/two more dif types of cancer? Do u believe you had them metz which u did and doctors did not know were posibly seeds from original tumor? Mine cannot be surgically removed or radiated. So we r going with what my oncologist suggested. Thanks again, why NOT me? I am a fighter and believe in God. I need to do so many thing on this earth before I depart. This is NO time for me to not fight harder every day! Stay blessed. Happy holidays. rlf66