Melanoma Research Foundation | gmschmidt | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/gmschmidt/activity/ Activity feed for gmschmidt. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:43:43 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 d3cce47a094a6285166ca0e064fc3b40 gmschmidt replied to the topic Cognitive decline in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/cognitive-decline/#post-280312 Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:39:20 -0400 It sounds like your husband and mine, are (or have been) on some of the same treatments. My husband doesn’t take pain killers, but takes tylenol or other pain relievers very heavily. The cognitive decline could be from so many things, or a combination of things. It’s really not listed as a common side effect of those treatments, that I have…Read more

]]> f978da94e6306c0b8e85146ce4d103a6 gmschmidt replied to the topic Cognitive decline in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/cognitive-decline/#post-280286 Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:23:11 -0400 Yes, he does get MRI’s regularly. I probably should have mentioned that his cancer is in his lymph nodes.

Thanks for your reply, and I wish you the best.

]]> 6ec4f08f06c94113734b20349f86a0aa gmschmidt started the topic Cognitive decline in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/cognitive-decline/ Sun, 02 Jun 2024 22:34:54 -0400 I’m wondering about any experiences anyone has had with various therapys causing cognitive decline? My husband started with opdivo/nivo for the first two years of stage 4 melanoma, then had a year off, then was on opdivo and yervoy for a year or so. Next came 8 months of oral thereapy, a braftovi/mektovi combo. Year six he was put back on…Read more

]]> fd76a1f5ac378db5fdea6fb08162c58e gmschmidt started the topic Has anyone here taken the oral therapy drug Lynparza (olaparib)? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/has-anyone-here-taken-the-oral-therapy-drug-lynparza-olaparib/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 17:33:50 -0400 My husband is getting started on this in a few days. I’m curious as to results and side effects experienced by people on this forum. We can read the side effects in the paperwork, but after awhile, they all seem to list the same things. I’d rather hear from someone hear, good or bad. A search did not result any post, so I’m also wondering how…Read more

]]> 533dcfaa9b400f2e64fdc275f84f6561 gmschmidt replied to the topic Mektovi/Braftovi side effects and effectiveness. in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/mektovi-braftovi-side-effects-and-effectiveness/#post-276684 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 23:17:38 -0400 Good to know! Thanks

]]> d568e6b7d6a4a691ef38b569189d3813 gmschmidt replied to the topic Mektovi/Braftovi side effects and effectiveness. in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/mektovi-braftovi-side-effects-and-effectiveness/#post-276683 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 23:15:17 -0400 As always, thanks Bubbles for your reply.

]]> 492e0c60b8d3d6c11283e073d5b132dd gmschmidt started the topic Mektovi/Braftovi side effects and effectiveness. in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/mektovi-braftovi-side-effects-and-effectiveness/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:05:47 -0400 Hello. Has anyone been on the Mektovi/Braftovi combo and not experience side effects. It seems like with most the immunotherapy treatment that some people experience side effects and some don’t. But I haven’t found anyone on Mekotvi/Braftovi that hasn’t gotten pretty sick with it. I ran a search but only found one thread on the drug combo. I’d…Read more

]]> 6911925e32a8f2152247aa473e965eed gmschmidt started the topic Atezolizumab in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/atezolizumab/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:25:14 -0500 Has anyone here been on Atezolizumab immunotherapy. There is a new study my husband has the opportunity to try, which is Atezolizumab combined a NT-17 shot. He was in a trial 5 years ago with Opdivo and a vaccine, which did shrink down his tumors. However, Opdivo was already being used as a treatment, and the vaccine was the experimental…Read more

]]> 3244aa2e059bfe774653b76a89ce821f gmschmidt started the topic Oral pills for treament? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/oral-pills-for-treament/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:01:34 -0500 Has anyone here been on an oral pill for treatment?

In the last 5 years, my husband’s been through two rounds of Opdivo which were both successful, but in both cases, the cancer did show it’s ugly face again about a year after treatment ended. His Dr. is suggesting he try a pill in combination with Opdivo for treatment this time. We don…Read more

]]> bcb307020d4b4b1a78b1ea1031500674 gmschmidt replied to the topic repeating the same immunotherapy drug in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/repeating-the-same-immunotherapy-drug/#post-276394 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 22:31:29 -0500 Good to know. Was your husband on Opdivo alone, or Opdivo combined with another drug?

Thanks
Gail

]]> 3b6982f430f4383f1c5f68a482f9f056 gmschmidt started the topic repeating the same immunotherapy drug in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/repeating-the-same-immunotherapy-drug/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:26:09 -0500 My husband diagnosed in 2017, was treated (in a study), using opdivo and a vaccine for 2 years, which was very effective for him. His first scan 3 months later showed great improvement, which continued with every scan until he stopped treatment, 2 years later. 10 months later a few more small tumors appeared and so he started on treatment again;…Read more

]]> b22934005ef7bddfbba9079ad35c90ae gmschmidt's profile was updated https://forum.melanoma.org/activity/p/14315/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:37:08 -0500 0 c86bb9915056447e0e4457da7c024652 gmschmidt replied to the topic Still NED & Fatigue Issues in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/still-ned-fatigue-issues/#post-276386 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 22:45:34 -0500 I know its been a almost 3 years since this post, but I’m wondering if the CPAP helped with your fatigue. Thanks!

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