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What was the treatment like? I've heard it's similar to having the worst flu of your life * 1000.
by SteveNuts 9y ago
What was the treatment like? I've heard it's similar to having the worst flu of your life * 1000.
- wbl 9y agoHe has a life. Melanoma is insanely deadly and painful.
- byteCoder 9y agoYes, the treatment was obviously totally worth it. And, I'm extremely grateful for being in the lucky 30% of patients who response completely to it.
- byteCoder 9y agoYes, for the two days of high dose IL-2 every 8 hours, it was pretty bad. My experience was limited to nausea, fever, sweating, and bed-shaking rigors. I've heard that some patients experience hallucinations. Note: IL-2 was administered after I received my lab-grown white blood cells. It acts as signal to one's immune system to activate. It was used to jumpstart my immune system after it had been replaced.
- homero 9y agoWas there an option to be sedated? I wouldn't handle fever and shaking that bad, I'd panic. Also I don't think I'd be eligible, I have ulcerative colitis which is autoimmune.
- bengarrr 9y agoI wonder how a combination of aggressive immunotherapy and "sickness" counteracting effects of cannabis (for the nausea, fever, sweating) would do in making the immunothrerapy more effective and tolerable.
- byteCoder 9y agoSince the treatment was performed on site at the National Institutes of Health using Federal research dollars, this wouldn't have been an option. So, I have no idea.