Cancer Support

Short background - uterine cancer in 2013: hysterectomy, chemo, radiation. Return in 2017: different chemo. Return in 2019: Keytruda.

I finished three years of Keytruda and I'm cancer-free. Yes, there are side effects, but it beats the heck out of having cancer. I have occasional bouts of diarrhea - Immodium helps there. I'm sometimes tired, though that may be age - I'm 68. The worst side effect for me is rheumatoid arthritis of the hands. I can't make a fist anymore, though my hands are otherwise usable. I'm still typing, hand sewing, crocheting, even playing the saxophone.

I went off Keytruda about six weeks ago. I get a CT scan every six months, and my oncologist says that if the cancer comes back again, he'll just put me back on Keytruda.

Let me strongly suggest that you get a mediport. Yeah, it's surgery and they have to knock you out, but then it's so simple to have the Keytruda infusion. No more searching for a vein for an IV!