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Immunotherapy Scheduling

Melanoma & Skin Cancer | Last Active: 1 day ago | Replies (33)
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I am tolerating every 3 weeks good. Fatigue is expected.
When we tried a double dose and going every 6 weeks, I had inflammation/stiffness in my legs which led to Prednisone to help.
Going back to the 3 week schedule.

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Susan, Volunteer Mentor | @grammato3 | 4 days ago

@jaxthecat I had also been going every 6 weeks w/o any incident after the inital few treatments at 3 weeks. My treatment has been on hold since Sept when I experienced some significant GI issues that may or may not be Keytruda related - I'm having another GI biopsy next week to try to determine if Keytruda played a role - so when I meet with my oncologist on the 22nd I'll see if I can resume immonotherapy and if so, if I go back to every 3 weeks or maintain the 6.

Glad the 3 week schedule is working out for you. Are you anticipating a 2 year treatment plan?

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