Melanoma Research Foundation | J | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/capt427/activity/ Activity feed for J. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:10:33 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b5f0a8c29614dd04cfc0446be7bdd9d0 J replied to the topic Targeted therapy nausea and Cautionary tale.. in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/targeted-therapy-nausea-and-cautionary-tale/#post-275570 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 22:17:01 -0400 I started  on braf/ mek I took it for two weeks it was too much I took two weeks off and then I started taking 2/3 dosage it’s not as bad but I’m just unmotivated to do anything and I lost 50% of my energy. I’ve been on it now for eight weeks at a 2/3 dose. I hope I get a break from it soon.
what did you decide to do in the last two weeks?

]]> b53646addf226cf2e7232362433cb343 J replied to the topic How long do Braftovi/Mektovi therapy can last? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/how-long-do-braftovi-mektovi-therapy-can-last/#post-275331 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 15:04:28 -0400 I did a gym rat for 30 years tried everything under the sun been  Yogi for the last 10 years. Cancer don’t care. I’m still trying to figure out how to do this for real. So far the best answer I have is the Tom Brady diet because I ain’t going vegan

]]> a6b2d9bf697306d9cc8e08d21ae451b3 J replied to the topic How long do Braftovi/Mektovi therapy can last? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/how-long-do-braftovi-mektovi-therapy-can-last/#post-275330 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 15:00:43 -0400 Jen,

 

i’ve already been through two melanomas surgeries but these are in my organs and I think they’re scared  of surgery so like they’d rather break them up did you try the 2/3 dosage on the Combo before quitting and advancing the surgery. I’m not sure surgeries in my cars because of where my tumors are located my liver and pancreas but yet…Read more

]]> e1de2d5e44c95822379376e9707ac097 J replied to the topic How long do Braftovi/Mektovi therapy can last? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/how-long-do-braftovi-mektovi-therapy-can-last/#post-275321 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 19:05:46 -0400 So I’ve been on the combination. For about a month. I failed my first two treatments. Side effects sucked dropped to 2/3 dose. I’m half as strong as I used to be a month ago. I don’t know how long I’ll stay on it.

Doc took me off of immunotherapy last year. Because I told him I had Covid a month earlier so he pulled me off and six months later t…Read more

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