Mlalvarezus

Wendy, just saw your comments. My mither also has mucosal melonoma and has had four treatments of yarvoy. So far, tumor is shrinking significantly and we will know more in next months per scan. She is being treated at NYU by Dr Pavlick. We think the dr and her staff are wonderful! Did the reinduction work?
Sincerely,
Martha Alvarez

Wendy, just saw your comments. My mither also has mucosal melonoma and has had four treatments of yarvoy. So far, tumor is shrinking significantly and we will know more in next months per scan. She is being treated at NYU by Dr Pavlick. We think the dr and her staff are wonderful! Did the reinduction work?
Sincerely,
Martha Alvarez

Wendy, just saw your comments. My mither also has mucosal melonoma and has had four treatments of yarvoy. So far, tumor is shrinking significantly and we will know more in next months per scan. She is being treated at NYU by Dr Pavlick. We think the dr and her staff are wonderful! Did the reinduction work?
Sincerely,
Martha Alvarez

My mother has stage four vaginal melanoma and has had four yarvoy treatments at NYU w/Dr Pavlcik. So far, so good. Her tumor has shrunken significantly and we will know more with a pet scan in a month. She also had quite a bit of rash and itching and her doctors approach was to hit it hard with prednisone and then taper her down. She treats the side effects immediately to avoid having them get worse. That seems to do the trick. It also addressed some fatigue she was having. I know steroids are to be taken cautiously, but in this case, their temporary use is necessary. She has gone as high as 20mg for a few days and at her last infusion it was also given prior to the treatment via IV. The goal is to make sure she tolerates yarvoy which is her only chance of survival. We always taper it down after 2-3 days at a particular level until she is off it. I will look into the atarax as well. Btw, we think the world of Dr Pavlick.

My mother has stage four vaginal melanoma and has had four yarvoy treatments at NYU w/Dr Pavlcik. So far, so good. Her tumor has shrunken significantly and we will know more with a pet scan in a month. She also had quite a bit of rash and itching and her doctors approach was to hit it hard with prednisone and then taper her down. She treats the side effects immediately to avoid having them get worse. That seems to do the trick. It also addressed some fatigue she was having. I know steroids are to be taken cautiously, but in this case, their temporary use is necessary. She has gone as high as 20mg for a few days and at her last infusion it was also given prior to the treatment via IV. The goal is to make sure she tolerates yarvoy which is her only chance of survival. We always taper it down after 2-3 days at a particular level until she is off it. I will look into the atarax as well. Btw, we think the world of Dr Pavlick.

My mother has stage four vaginal melanoma and has had four yarvoy treatments at NYU w/Dr Pavlcik. So far, so good. Her tumor has shrunken significantly and we will know more with a pet scan in a month. She also had quite a bit of rash and itching and her doctors approach was to hit it hard with prednisone and then taper her down. She treats the side effects immediately to avoid having them get worse. That seems to do the trick. It also addressed some fatigue she was having. I know steroids are to be taken cautiously, but in this case, their temporary use is necessary. She has gone as high as 20mg for a few days and at her last infusion it was also given prior to the treatment via IV. The goal is to make sure she tolerates yarvoy which is her only chance of survival. We always taper it down after 2-3 days at a particular level until she is off it. I will look into the atarax as well. Btw, we think the world of Dr Pavlick.