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Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1 | Hubby is starting treatment this week with Keytruda after a recurrence. This is not a trial says the doc. It's "standard of care" so insurance will cover (hopefully).
He was initially treated in 2016 with chemo (cistplatin and radiation). We are reading positive things about Keytruda. Would love to hear from others about their experiences. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 8 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 8 | Welcome to OCF! Im sorry to read about your husband going thru a recurrence! Thats everyone's biggest fear, we all worry about hearing those dreaded words again... "Im sorry, you have cancer". Since you and your husband have been thru it before Hopefully this time around will be easier, you already are ahead by having the medical team in place.
Since the early days of Keytruda's trials, OCF has been following this new way of treating cancer patients. It was fast-tracked thru the FDA and many of our members participated in the trials. Theres been many here who were successfully treated with Keytruda after it was made available to everyone. Ive known several over the past few years. At OCF, we do not always have specific members stopping back on a regular basis after they have gone thru their fight with oral cancer (OC) and recovered. Many will pick up their old lifestyle and happily go back into the same familiar routines before they had cancer putting away all those memories of hard days/nights.
Wishing you and your husband all the very best with everything you have ahead with his recurrence.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | |
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