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@carebears91, I moved your questions to this existing discussion called:
- After Keytruda, what's next? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/keytruda-1/
I did this so you can connect with fellow members who have non small-cell lung cancer and had to consider treatment options other thay Keytruda like @lls8000 @richcolleen @jannad @liz8716 @bentrivercarla @schmeeckle64 and @2onlow8
I encourage you to ask your questions to your oncologist and share your thoughts about not changing medications, especially Keytruda. Your oncologist can consider you and your husband's preferences and also explain the mechanisms of action if this is not they way Keytruda works.
You may appreciate reading @merpreb's post about questions to ask the oncologist here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/273866/
There may be other options for your husband. I always say, keep asking questions until you understand the "why" and are comfortable moving forward.
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Hi. I was on Keytruda for a year and a half. Then stopped treatment for over a year. Had a scan last week and my tonsils, right adrenal gland and lymph node in my groin lit up. Some really weird places. I'm starting on optiva and yoviro. Not sure I spelled that right. My oncologist said it was a better immunotherapy. I guess we will see. I'm a little scared.
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Thank you. After reading another website on how some patients have been on Keytruda for more than 2 years it makes me wonder if they did not leave him on it long enough. He had Taxol with it to give it a boost, but they said neither was working. I feel that they should have left him on the Keytruda and added radioisotopes with that.