Melanoma Research Foundation | SRVilly | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/srvilly/activity/ Activity feed for SRVilly. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:39:20 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 524207de59d3e28ee94a889408f445df SRVilly started the topic 6 year anniversary and reminder in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/6-year-anniversary-and-reminder/ Tue, 03 May 2022 15:09:47 -0400 Hello,
This month marks the 6 year anniversary since my initial Stage 1 diagnosis, 5 years since Stage 3 diagnosis, and around 4 years since my stage 4 diagnosis. The good news is that after my stage 4 diagnosis I was put on Optivo only and I had a complete response in clearing my liver mets. The not so good news is that after about 1 year on…Read more

]]> bc30d0ec48c4d763f16f3c3c6208751b SRVilly replied to the topic Liver Mets and immunotherapy in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/liver-mets-and-immunotherapy/#post-274780 Tue, 25 May 2021 13:39:06 -0400 Hi Christina,

I was DX’d in May of 2016, stage 1b.  By Dec. of 2017 a PET scan showed mets (about 10) in my liver.  I was put on Opdivo only (due to pre-existing colitis) in January of 2018.  I did 2 infusions a month for 3 months before my next PET.  In April of 2018 I had the PET which showed all mets in the liver were gone! So, the Opdivo not…Read more

]]> 243aefba3092964e6494f9917d3abdb2 SRVilly replied to the topic Immunotherapy post colitis in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/immunotherapy-post-colitis/#post-274498 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:48:18 -0400 Hello,

I’ve had a history of colitis before being diagnosed with Stage 1b in mid 2016. When things progressed to lymph nodes and liver in late 2017 my oncologist and I sat down and came up with a game plan.  We decided that due to my pre-existing condition of colitis and not wanting to flare it up, we would do Nivolumab only infusions every two…Read more

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