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Penile melanoma --Melanoma is NOT just skin cancer!
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@texastribble As you know, there will be "up" days and "down" days. Getting the hang of what each day or hour may bring, seems to be the hardest part. Can he take the Keytruda at night so the nausea can be slept through? That how I do my chemo, but I have not had any nausea. I was told to keep ahead of the nausea, not wait until it's there. Can he do that? And if I remember, there are certain smells of sights of food that are not appealing right now, or don't taste "right" due to the assault on our system. It's a guessing game each day how we might be affected.
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We are grateful for the "up"days . Everything was fine until last Friday when the pain hit---and it hit hard all at once. I am not sure that the Keytruda has had any effect on the nausea as it started before the treatment. I don't know that it has made it worse. He has always had a big appetite so it is difficult for him to just eat a few bites and be done. I have been able to get in extra calories along the way so that he has not lost weight. He has no option as to when he has the Keytruda---next time (2 1/2 weeks) it will be in the AM. We live in a 55+ community and this evening there was a "Taco truck" for a Labor Day celebration. He felt like walking down--about a block--the tacos were awful, but the point of the event is getting out of the house and seeing some neighbors. We stayed about 1 1/2 hours and he was ready to come home and went to bed exhausted. But, it was great to get him out of the house for a while.