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Replies to "Hi! I take a chemo drug daily and immunotherapy every 4 weeks. Did you ever take..."
I take a Cabometryx tablet every evening and have an Opdivo infusion each month. No chemo drug treatment, just this immunotherapy that I have taken for the last 2 1/2 years (I had some problems from the surgery itself that delayed starting any real cancer treatment).
I take Cabometryx every night and receive an Opdivo infusion once a month at Cleveland Clinic. Other than that, my life is just the same as before.
There are a few side effects (relatively minor), but none that would dissuade me continuing the treatment. Normally doctors limit Opdivo to 2 years due to concerns about the possibility of side-effects, but I convinced them that we should continue the same treatments, as they were working...
It is important to have doctors whom you trust and will listen to your desires for treatment - It is your body!
Good Luck....